Work Colleges are an exceptional group of four- year, degree granting, liberal arts institutions that engage students in the purposeful Fast Facts integration of work, learning, Founded in 1855 by Abolitionist minister Reverend John G. Fee, Berea was the fi rst and service. The work college model is student-centered interracial and coeducational college in the South. Berea awards four-year tuition and designed to enhance scholarships to all its students who, because of fi nancial circumstances, cannot and enrich the educational otherwise a ord a high-quality, residential, liberal arts education. The work program experience while reducing has been an integral part of Berea’s educational program for more than a century. the cost of education. Unique to work colleges is the • The College’s motto is “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth.” requirement that resident (Acts 17:26) students participate in a work- • About 75% of Berea’s operating expenses learning-service program for are covered by the College’s endowment. all four years of enrollment. Working in a supportive The rest, about $5 million, must be raised campus environment has been annually. shown to have a positive • 71% of Berea College students come from eff ect on college persistence Kentucky and Appalachia, and more than and degree completion. half (58%) are fi rst-generation college students. • Berea College’s students come from families with an average annual income of less than $30,000. • In Fall 2018, 58% of Berea College students had an expected family 1,600 contribution (EFC) of $0, meaning their parents cannot a ord to pay anything All 1,600 students receive a Tuition Promise Scholarship, toward their education. In addition, 96% of domestic Berea College students valued at $39,000 per year, received federal Pell grants. which means that most students can graduate with • Washington Monthly has named Berea College No. 1 in a ordability for four little or no debt. consecutive years (2015-2018). • Well-known alumni include Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month, and John Fenn, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. • Berea has a commitment to environmental sustainability: “Deep Green” #1 residence hall is the highest-scoring LEED-certifi ed residence hall in the Washington Monthly has world; Boone Tavern is the fi rst LEED-certifi ed hotel in Kentucky; and the named Berea College the No.1 liberal arts college in the Ecovillage – a sustainable student housing complex near campus – is the nation for the past fi rst of its kind in Kentucky. three years. www.berea.edu | 859-985-3212 AN EDUCATION THAT WORKS Promoting the purposeful integration of Work – Learning – Service LOW DEBT & CAREER READY* 49.6% 69% 64.8% 5000 13:1 of 2018 graduates of 2018 graduates of full-time degree The number of The average student had ZERO debt! had less than seeking students are full-time students faculty ratio $10,000 in student PELL eligible participating in the loan debt comprehensive work-learning- service program (per *data compiled in Fall 2018 from all WCC member institutions federal regulation). WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT 1. Problem solving skills 6. Analytical skills 2. Ability to work in a team 7. Communication skills (verbal) 3. Communication skills (written) 8. Initiative 4. Leadership 9. Detail oriented 5. Strong work ethic 10. Flexibility and adaptability Source: Job Outlook 2018 | National Association of Colleges and Employers | www.nace.org WORK COLLEGES PREPARE AND DELIVER 91% 87% 90% 89% 85% of the respondents* of the respondents* of the respondents* of the respondents* of the respondents* agreed that the agreed that the agreed that the agreed that the agreed that the Work Program Work Program Work Program Work Program Work Program experience helped experience helped to experience helped to experience helped to experience helped to to develop/ develop/strengthen develop/strengthen develop/strengthen develop/strengthen strengthen problem- skills for working communication leadership skills. work ethic. solving skills. cooperatively in skills. groups/teams. *Spring 2018 Graduates from Berea College, Blackburn College, College of the Ozarks, and Warren Wilson College. www.workcolleges.org | 859-985-3156 By the Numbers 46% of all Berea students in Fall 2018 were from a racial or ethnic category other than 87% 0 “white, non-Hispanic.” of Berea students live on campus. annual amount collected in tuition. 71% of fi rst-year students in 2018 were from Berea’s Admissions Territory, consisting of Kentucky and most of 58% 75% Appalachia. of Berea students in 2018 were fi rst- of operating budget revenue provided generation college students. from endowment earnings. Berea relies on donors to make education 11% possible for the students it serves. of fi rst-year Berea students in Fall 2018 were Latino/ Hispanic. Berea not only admits students, stewardship of College operations. it hires each of them. Berea 100% of Berea College students students all work a minimum of graduate with an academic and a 28% 10 hours a week in one of 112 labor transcript. And when combined of fi rst-year Berea students labor departments that serve the with a resume, these transcripts in Fall 2018 were African institution. Students earn money, provide the validation of a high- American. gain valuable work experience quality liberal arts education and the and learning, and contribute to the attainment of work/soft skills. OF THE DOMESTIC STUDENTS IN BEREA’S FALL 2018 INCOMING CLASS 54% 97% 438 had an Expected Family are Pell Grant recipients enrolled students from Contribution (EFC) of $0 25 states, 2 territories, and 24 countries www.berea.edu | 859-985-3212 By the Numbers Berea Made the Lists... • Berea named the No. 1 liberal arts college in the nation three consecutive years — by Washington Monthly, 2016-2018 • Berea named “best value institution” - Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education, 2018 • Top 50 Best Schools for African Americans 15,541 #1 — Essence Magazine, 2016 hours worked by students each liberal arts college in the nation • Top of the list for colleges with least student week (2017-2018 academic year) debt, U.S. News & World Report, 2016 • #1 in a ordability, MONEY Magazine, 2017 • Berea is #1 for the lowest average student debt at graduation, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2018 • Princeton Review listed Berea in the top seven percent of “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck” and named 100% 416 Berea among the Top Green Colleges for First-time pass rate for national students on the Dean’s List in sustainability council licensure for nursing Fall 2018 • One of the “Best 10 Colleges for the Money” graduates —USA Today • Berea featured as “The Little College Where Tuition is Free and Every Student is Given a Job” — The Atlantic, 2018 32,720 • CBS News featured Berea in a national story hours in 2016-2017 contributed by on Debt-Free Degrees — CBS This Morning: students to the community through Saturday, 2019 service-learning courses and https://www.cbsnews.com/news/berea-college- community service tuition-free-for-more-than-a-century-kentucky/ Berea College has been recognized for and is focused on helping students graduate with little or no debt. According to the Student Loan Debt Report compiled by lendedu.com, the Berea College 2017 graduates are ranked: #1 #4 #8 lowest student debt fi gure in lowest student debt fi gures for lowest student debt fi gures in Kentucky all U.S. private institutions the United States www.berea.edu | 859-985-3212.