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Newberry College
2100 College St
Newberry, SC 29108		 General information
 (803) 276-5010

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--Diverse Fields
Number of students: 918 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 30

About this School
Newberry College is a liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located on an eighty acre (324,000 m²) campus in Newberry, South Carolina. Newberry College offers a wide variety of majors. The College has approximately 800 students and a 13:1 student/faculty ratio. Newberry College ensures that students gain individual attention and guidance within its faith-based curriculum.
 
History
Newberry College will celebrate its 150th anniversary of service and educational leadership to the Newberry community, South Carolina, and to the Lutheran Church in 2006. Newberry's heritage began in 1828 at the annual meeting of the Lutheran Synod in South Carolina and Adjacent States--nearly 30 years before it was chartered as a college by the State of South Carolina. At that 1828 meeting the Rev. John Bachman, President of the Synod, recommended the establishment of a seminary to train Lutheran ministers. The following year the Synod followed his advice and voted to establish a seminary and classical academy. The new seminary-academy opened its doors in February 183l, near Pomaria, South Carolina (about 15 miles from the College's present location); it moved to neighboring Lexington, South Carolina in 1834 and remained there for over 20 years. In 1854 the Synod voted to make the institution a degree-granting college, in 1855 to move it to Newberry, and in 1856; just before the granting of the charter; to name it Newberry College. A preparatory department opened in 1858, and the College and Seminary began operation in February 1859. It prospered until the Civil War when nearly all the faculty and students were called into military service. At the end of the war, the only college building was occupied by federal troops. In 1868, as a result of the physical condition of the building, the military occupation, and the depletion of the endowment funds, the College faced a severe financial crisis. St. John's Lutheran church in Walhalla, South Carolina, in the extreme northwestern corner of the state, offered the College a new home and the offer was accepted. In 1877 through the efforts of Newberry residents, the College returned to its original site in Newberry. The College has maintained its association with the Lutheran Church. Today Newberry is affiliated with the South Carolina, Southeastern, Florida-Bahamas, and Caribbean Synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 21,560$ 20,891$ 19,631
Out of State$ 21,560$ 20,891$ 19,631
Books and Supplies$ 1,500$ 1,480$ 1,309
On-Campus
Room and board$ 7,400$ 6,890$ 6,360
Other Expenses$ 3,710$ 3,140$ 3,240
Off Campus
Room and board$ 8,800$ 7,350$ 7,000
Other Expenses$ 3,710$ 3,120$ 3,120
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$ 3,710$ 3,120$ 3,120

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) 39% $ 3,293
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 69% $ 5,428
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 100% $ 10,408
Loans to students 77% $ 7,644
 
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