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Student Financial Aid
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Student Financial Aid

Student Financial Aid

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96%
Percentage of our students who are Pell Grant recipients

$0
The amount every enrolled student pays in tuition.

Student debt disproportionately impacts economically disadvantaged families. That's why Berea College has been paying for students' tuition since 1892.

62%
of students graduated with zero student loan debt in 2021-22.

The national average for student loan debt is $35,000.

The Berea College Student Financial Aid Office is located at 120 Lincoln Hall. Stop by or call us at 859-985-3310 between the hours of 8:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. The office will be closed for weekly Labor Meetings, Tuesdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Correspondence can be sent to us at CPO 2172, or emailed to finaid@berea.edu.

The mission of the Student Financial Aid Program is:

  • To provide, through various forms of financial aid, an educational opportunity primarily for students from Appalachia, black and white, women and men, who have great promise and limited economic resources.
  • To support, through the awarding of financial aid, a residential, democratic community culture in which economic and social distinctions are minimal.

Our goals are:

  • To provide financial aid needed, beyond the family and student’s own contribution, to meet the basic costs of education.
  • To provide financial aid based on need (within available College and federal aid resources and policies) to help meet some of the additional costs of off-campus study courses, including education abroad, that are part of the student’s program of study at Berea College.
  • To provide financial aid based on need (within available college and federal aid resources and policies) for off-campus jobs that provide earnings for self-help and experiences related to community service, academic program of study, and career goals.
  • To provide educational programs for students and others on financial aid opportunities, policies, and practices to increase community understanding.

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Berea College | 120 Lincoln Hall | CPO 2172 | Berea, KY 40404 | 859-985-3310 | finaid@berea.edu | Facebook