Berea
College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and
interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of
Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 60
countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to interracial education;
here, people of different races seek to learn from and about each other, while
also living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal
arts colleges in the United States. The college admits only students whose
families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them
a four-year tuition scholarship. Berea’s students excel in the College’s
supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families
to graduate from college.