Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.3-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 37 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 21.6%
- No Data27 · 73.0%
- Failing2 · 5.4%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 4
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2021Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,297 students received $8.8M in Pell grants, alongside $305K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 172 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Berea College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus9
- Non-campus3
Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin1
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Berea College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Berea College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBerea College | 58% | — | 1,527 | $6,106 | Baccalaureate |
| 49% | 91.1% | 1,345 | $14,095 | Baccalaureate | |
| 81% | 54.4% | 1,404 | $20,781 | Baccalaureate | |
| 71% | 86.5% | 1,006 | $21,913 | Baccalaureate | |
| 53% | 91.7% | 1,448 | $17,800 | Baccalaureate | |
| 8% | 100.0% | 506 | $18,434 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 55% | 91.1% | 1,375 | $18,117 |
Institutions like Berea College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Berea College's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateKentucky
Georgetown College
Grad rate49%Admit rate91.1%Enrollment1,345Net price$14,095View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Centre College
Grad rate81%Admit rate54.4%Enrollment1,404Net price$20,781View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Transylvania University
Grad rate71%Admit rate86.5%Enrollment1,006Net price$21,913View data - BaccalaureateVirginia
Bridgewater College
Grad rate53%Admit rate91.7%Enrollment1,448Net price$17,800View data - BaccalaureateKentucky
Simmons College of Kentucky
Grad rate8%Admit rate100.0%Enrollment506Net price$18,434View data
Berea College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Berea College Office of Institutional Research and Assessment is to provide leadership and support for research, accreditation, and assessment by providing data in support of the College’s planning processes, cultivating and supporting assessment activities across all areas of the College, and designing and conducting original research aimed at improving students’ educational experiences.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Rob SmithExecutive Director of Institutional Effectiveness & Accreditation
- Clara ChapmanDirector of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
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