- The Inkwell
- Georgia
- Berry College
Mount Berry, GASuburb: smallZIP 30149Founded 1902
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1902
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.berry.edu
GeorgiaPrivate nonprofit
Berry College
Berry College is a private nonprofit college in Mount Berry, Georgia, with 2,245 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $21,964 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention84%
4-year graduation65%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans38%
$21,964net price / year
64%admission rate
1220average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$57,984median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,500median debt
#892 of 1,704 for earnings#1,016 of 1,739 for lowest net price#347 of 1,738 for graduation rate#438 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $58,457tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $43,086
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $43,086
- Average net price
- $21,964national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$18,307
$30,001–48,000$14,176
$48,001–75,000$18,427
$75,001–110,000$22,177
$110,001+$29,842
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1220
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 580–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 545–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 22–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 65%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 74%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,389
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $57,984middle 50%: $42,110–$83,759
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$83,759
Median, Berry College$57,984
Lower quarter$42,110
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,245
- Part-time
- 0.8%
- Women / men
- 62% / 38%
- Average age at entry
- 19.7
- First-generation students
- 17%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 80%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,319 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $15,808
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,370,772,843
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White72%
Hispanic11%
Black8.6%
Asian2.5%
Two or more races4.4%
U.S. nonresident0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown1.0%
19 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences22%
Business & management14%
Parks, recreation & fitness8.3%
Psychology7.8%
Social sciences6.3%
Computer & information sciences5.8%
Communication & journalism5.4%
Physical sciences4.7%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 139144. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4894781.