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Educational Opportunity
Berea College students in classroom

Educational Opportunity

Access without support is not opportunity.
Vincent Tinto
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63%
of students graduated with zero student loan debt in 2023-24.

Who We Serve

64%
The percentage of students who are first-generation

92%
Percentage of our students who are Pell Grant recipients

Shanita, Berea College student
Shanita's Story

Nobody knew the junior class president was homeless.

Shanita wrote a poem titled “Home,” which spoke to the ‘home’ she found just being in her mother’s presence.

Julie, Berea College Student
Julie's Story

What do McKee, Malaysia, Indonesia, the White House, and St. Petersburg have in common?

The answer: Julie had been to all of them before even finishing college.