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Berea College
101 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY 40404-2182		 General information
 (859) 985-3000

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degrees
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Number of students: 1,582 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:----

About this School
Berea College is a small liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky, south of Lexington, Kentucky with a full-time enrollment of about 1500 students. Founded on the abolitionist principles of John Gregg Fee (1816-1901), Berea College admitted, from its beginning in 1855, both black and white students in a fully-integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated college in the South. The College was also co-educational from its inception, one of a small handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-1800s.
 
History
The College began first in 1855 as a one room schoolhouse, that also served as a church on Sundays. While the school's first articles of incorporation were adopted in 1859, founder John Gregg Fee and the teachers were driven from the area by pro-slavery supporters in that same year. Fee spent the Civil War years raising funds for the school, and returned afterward to continue his work. In 1869, the first college students were admitted, and the first bachelors degrees awarded in 1873. In 1904, the state legislature's passage of the "Day Law" disrupted Berea's interracial education by prohibiting education of black and white students together. The college challenged the law in state court, and further appealed to the Supreme Court in Berea College v. Kentucky. When the challenge failed, the college set aside funds to help establish the Lincoln Institute near Louisville to educate black students. In 1950, when the law was amended to allow integration of schools at the college level, Berea promptly resumed its integrated policies. In addition to college level education, Berea also provided pre-college education until the 1960's. In 1968, the elementary and secondary schools were discontinued in favor of focusing on undergraduate college education.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 866$ 790$ 775
Out of State$ 866$ 790$ 775
Books and Supplies$ 750$ 750$ 750
On-Campus
Room and board$ 5,768$ 5,492$ 5,230
Other Expenses$ 1,802$ 1,750$ 1,750
Off Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses------------

Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 79% $ 3,843
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 39% $ 6,123
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 100% $ 21,096
Loans to students 28% $ 1,818
 
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