Recognized as one of Kentucky’s most selective colleges, Berea College combines academic rigor with a diverse and supportive learning community. We encourage our students to explore opportunities that will make their four years unforgettable—from <a href="https://next.berea.edu/study-abroad">studying abroad</a>, to <a href="https://next.berea.edu/internships">paid internships</a> and <a href="https://next.berea.edu/labor-program-office">labor positions</a> that allow them to explore their range of interests.

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The Berea Experience

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That's one faculty member for every nine students.

We are one of Kentucky's most selective colleges.

Our students come from 45 states, 1 U.S. Territory and 70 countries.

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Faculty Stories

Professor of Computer Science

Assistant Professor of Child and Family Studies

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<a data-internal-link="true" href="https://www.berea.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/">Majors and Minors</a>

Berea College offers majors in 33 fields of study, along with 39 minors that can lead to Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and/or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. Don’t see your exact major? An Independent Major option is available to students who want to pursue a customized field of study that isn’t already an established major program.

Because the challenges of the world are not bound by academic discipline, Berea offers a variety of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary academic options to ensure you are prepared as broadly as possible for the world awaiting you.&nbsp;

<a href="https://next.berea.edu/registrar">Browse our current academic calendar.</a>

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Whether you find yourself watching a show in London’s West End, hiking through the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, cuddling with koalas in Australia or negotiating in a Ghanaian market, abroad could be the best place you’ll take your academic career. Let Berea College help you explore the world! No other college in the nation offers study abroad scholarships and financial aid packages as generous as the ones Berea grants. That’s because we want your pursuit to learn, work or volunteer abroad as accessible to you as possible.

We do things differently at Berea College.

Berea College is one of ten federally recognized <a href="https://www.workcolleges.org/">Work Colleges</a>. We hire every student to work in campus positions that enhance your education and prepare you for life after college. When Berea students enter the professional world, the experience they have gained in the <a href="https://next.berea.edu/labor-program-office">Labor Program</a> gives them an advantage over graduates from other schools.

Cody Myers &#8217;17 credits his role as a student programmer as fundamental in his college education, and as the reason he landed a job at Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary software company.

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As a student, Emely Alfaro-Zavala &#8217;21 worked in <a href="https://next.berea.edu/information-systems-and-services">IS&amp;S</a>, then as a computer science teaching assistant. Now, she works at Google.

Because Of Berea: Emely’s Story

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Cody Myers '17 credits his role as a student programmer as fundamental in his college education, and as the reason he landed a job at Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary software company.

As a student, Emely Alfaro-Zavala '21 worked in <a href="https://next.berea.edu/information-systems-and-services">IS&amp;S</a>, then as a computer science teaching assistant. Now, she works at Google.

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From the classroom to the workplace—take what you’ve learned and turn it into experience. Work with our <a href="https://www.beyondberea.org/">Office of Internships and Career Development</a> to find or create your ideal internship. Get guidance on receiving academic credit and requesting funds to make it possible.

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Employers Hire Berea Grads

Vice President for Engineering: Management and Automation

Jason McKerr

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Roy Zent

Jonathan Bostock

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The BCC is designed to provide services that facilitate a campus environment that is supportive of the needs of Black/African American peoples at Berea College. Through programming, the center provides services to support the recruitment, retention, and graduation of Black students.

Black Cultural Center

The CGWC fosters communication around Berea College’s Fifth Great Commitment: To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a particular emphasis on understanding and equality among Blacks and whites as a foundation for building community among all peoples of the earth.

Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education

Here at CELTS, we focus on community service and civic engagement through a variety of ways that include mentoring, tutoring, and social justice advocacy.

Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service

Berea College’s Francis and Louise Hutchins Center for International Education (CIE) fosters an understanding of, and respect for, all peoples of the earth. The CIE provides many services to Berea’s current international student population.

Center for International Education

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Berea’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), brings faculty, staff, and students together with each other and with trained faculty, staff, and student leaders to deepen their confidence, skills, perspectives, and insights as readers, writers, learners, and teachers. 

Center for Teaching and Learning

The Appalachian Center strives to stimulate student and scholarly interest in Appalachian Studies. It serves as one of the nation’s information sources to educate others about the region.

Loyal Jones Appalachian Center

The Berea College Forestry Outreach Center is a flexible space where visitors and the community can come together to learn about the Berea College Forest and the natural world that sustains us.

The Forestry Outreach Center

The CCC is devoted to the study of Christian scripture, interfaith conversations and events, and intellectual and spiritual engagement with the Christian faith through convocations, lectureships, workshops, and occasional spiritual retreats. 

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