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Type:
Independent Baptist, Coed
Setting:
Urban 20-acre campus
Degrees Offered:
Bachelor's
Entrance Difficulty:
Minimally difficult , 71% of applicants were admitted
Application Deadlines:
rolling (freshmen), rolling (transfers)
Admissions Contact:
Mr. Gary Knight
Interim Vice President
Institutional Effectiveness
Benedict College
PO Box 98
Columbia
SC 29204
803-253-5275
800-868-6598
803-253-5167
Students:
Student Life
Options coed, Campus housing is university owned and leased by the school. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed
Activities drama/theater group, student-run newspaper, choral group, NAACP, Student Education Association, African Awareness Student Union, national fraternities, national sororities
Most popular organizations NAACP, Student Education Association, African Awareness Student Union
Campus security 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols
Student Services personal/psychological counseling
Undergrad Information:
3,005 undergraduate students, 50% women, 50% men, 6% transferred in
Minority Breakdown
99% African American, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.2% Hispanic American, 0.1% Native American
Housing Info
66% live on campus
Freshman:
Freshman
Admission
4,039 applied;
2,867 admitted;
643 enrolled
Average high school GPA 2.31
Test Scores
SAT verbal scores over 500 9%
SAT math scores over 500 13%
ACT scores over 18 11%
SAT verbal scores over 600 2%
SAT math scores over 600 4%
SAT verbal scores over 700 1%
SAT math scores over 700 2%
Faculty:
Faculty
total 168
full-time 76% full-time
Student/faculty ratio 19 1
Programs:
Academic Programs
special study options adult/continuing education programs, advanced placement credit, honors programs, internships, part-time degree program, summer session for credit
ROTC Army (b), Air Force (c)
Unusual degree programs 3-2 engineering with Georgia Institute of Technology, Southern College of Technology, Clemson University, South Carolina State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
School Calendar semesters
Student Life:
Student Life
Options coed, Campus housing is university owned and leased by the school. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed
Activities drama/theater group, student-run newspaper, choral group, NAACP, Student Education Association, African Awareness Student Union, national fraternities, national sororities
Most popular organizations NAACP, Student Education Association, African Awareness Student Union
Campus security 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols
Student Services personal/psychological counseling
Athletics:
Athletics
Athletics Member NCAA
Scholarship sports basketball, cheerleading (w), track and field (m)
Nonscholarship sports baseball (m), cross-country running, football (m), golf (m), softball (w), tennis (m), volleyball (w)
Intramural sports baseball M, basketball M/W, cheerleading W, golf M, tennis M/W, track and field W, volleyball W
Intercollegiate sports baseball M, basketball M(s)/W(s), cheerleading W(s), cross-country running M/W, football M, golf M, softball W, tennis M, track and field M(s), volleyball W
Endowment:
Facilities/Endowment
Main Library Name Benjamin Payton Learning Resource Center
Collection 114,770 titles;
320 serial subscriptions;
5,954 audiovisual materials
Endowment $17.0 million
Financial Aid:
Financial Aid
Average percent of need met 100%
Applying:
Applying
Options common application, early admission, deferred entrance
Application fee $25
Required high school transcript
Application deadline rolling (freshmen), rolling (transfers)
Notification continuous until 7/31 (freshmen)
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