Beacon College Quick Facts

Founded: 1989

Students: About 190

Type: Private, non-profit

Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Mission: The mission of Beacon College is to offer undergraduate degree programs to students with learning disabilities and ADHD

Motto: Lumen vitæ abundantiorem (Translation: Illuminating the life abundant)

Campus: Leesburg, FL

Nickname: Beacon

Majors:

 Business (Tracks in Business Management and Hospitality Management)

 Computer Information Systems (Web & Digital Media and Computer Information Systems track)

 Human Services

 Interdisciplinary Studies

 Psychology

 Studio Arts

Class Size: Faculty/student ratio is 12:1

Four-Year Graduation Rate: 76% (the national six-year graduation rate for students with learning disabilities at mainstream colleges is 21%)

Facts of Note:

 Beacon College was founded by a group of parents concerned with the lack of competitive higher education opportunities for students with learning disabilities and ADHD

 Beacon College was the first institution of higher learning in the nation accredited to award bachelor’s degrees exclusively to students with learning disabilities or ADHD  In July of 2013, the highly regarded survey of “best value” colleges and universities compiled by ValuePenguin ranked Beacon first among private colleges in Florida. This ranking is especially noteworthy, as the ValuePenguin survey measures the rate of return from the financial investment made in a college education.