Berea College
Berea College admitted 19% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1156–1335 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $5,836 a year. Within six years, 66% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 19%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1156–1335
- ACT middle 50%
- 23–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $63,512 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $5,836 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $5,373 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $55,480 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 66%
- Students who return for a second year
- 79%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $48,071 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,513
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 84%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
- Business, management and marketing
- 10%
- Social sciences
- 8%
- Education
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Spelman College GA · 25% admitted
- Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC · 23% admitted
- College of the Holy Cross MA · 18% admitted
- United States Coast Guard Academy CT · 22% admitted
- Colorado College CO · 19% admitted
- California Miramar University CA · 19% admitted
More colleges in Kentucky
- University of Kentucky KY · 93% admitted
- University of Louisville KY · 79% admitted
- Eastern Kentucky University KY · 78% admitted
- Western Kentucky University KY · 94% admitted
- Northern Kentucky University KY · 68% admitted
- University of the Cumberlands KY · 99% admitted
- Murray State University KY · 86% admitted
- Morehead State University KY · 77% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.