Newberry College challenges and nurtures students for lifetimes of service and leadership through intellectual transformation, social development, a culture of physical well-being, and spiritual growth by providing a Christian education in the Lutheran Tradition.
A small,private, residential, coeducational undergraduate college, with a small diverse student body, affiliated with the Evangelican Lutheran Church of America, Newberry College is dedicated to the intellectual, spiritual and personal development of its students in a caring and supportive academic environment. Through academic freedom, intellectual dialog, and diversity of viewpoint we hope to graduate students as informed, articulate and responsible human beings with the capacity for service, and continued personal and intellectual growth. To achieve our goals we combine a liberal arts curriculum with in-depth study in a wide variety of disciplines, professional and pre-professional fields.
With 24 majors, 31 minors, 1084 students, and a 14:1 student-teacher ratio, Newberry College ensures that students receive individual attention and guidance as part of its values-based curriculum.
Offering more than 50 organizations for students, Newberry College provides many opportunities for excellence outside the classroom. Over fifty percent of our students participate in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The athletics program includes fifteen NCAA competitive teams for men and women.
A Lutheran College that is supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Newberry College is dedicated to giving students a quality education in a Christian environment while leading students to prepare for meaningful life experiences, occupations, and service to the world and to the church.
Students-to-faculty ratio is 14:1. More than 75 percent of full-time faculty members hold the highest degrees available in their fields. All put teaching and students first.
Newberry College's 90-acre campus is located in Newberry, South Carolina, the safest city in the state. With its antebellum mansions and tree-lined streets, Newberry South Carolina is both quaint and modern. The local area, with its moderate climate, provides many different year-round recreational opportunities including golfing, boating and hiking. Both the beach and the mountains are an easy drive from Newberry and South Carolina's state capital, Columbia, is only thirty minutes from our campus.
Newberry College is a liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) located on an ninety acre (324,000 m²) campus in Newberry, South Carolina.
The college has 920 students and a 14:1 student-teacher ratio. The school's website says, "Newberry College ensures that students receive individual attention and guidance as part of its values-based curriculum."
In 2006-2007, Newberry College is celebrating its 150th anniversary of service and educational leadership to the Newberry community, South Carolina, and to the Lutheran Church.
Newberry's heritage began in 1828 at the annual meeting of the Lutheran Synod in South Carolina and Adjacent States--nearly 30 years before it was chartered as a college by the State of South Carolina. At that 1828 meeting the Rev. John Bachman, President of the Synod, recommended the establishment of a seminary to train Lutheran ministers. The following year the Synod followed his advice and voted to establish a seminary and classical academy.
The new seminary-academy opened its doors in February 1831, near Pomaria, South Carolina (about from the College's present location); it moved to neighboring Lexington, South Carolina in 1834 and remained there for more than 20 years.
In 1854 the Synod voted to make the institution a degree-granting college, in 1855 to move it to Newberry, and in 1856--just before the granting of the charter--to name it Newberry College. A preparatory department opened in 1858, and the College and Seminary began operation in February 1859.
It prospered until the Civil War when nearly all faculty and students were called into military service. At the end of the war, the only college building was occupied by federal troops. In 1868, as a result of the physical condition of the building, the military occupation, and the depletion of the endowment funds, the College faced a severe financial crisis. St. John's Lutheran church in Walhalla, South Carolina, in the extreme northwestern corner of the state, offered the College a new home and the offer was accepted. In 1877 through the efforts of Newberry residents, the College returned to its original site in Newberry, where it has prospered since.
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| Percent of Students International: | 3% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 86% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (South Atlantic Conference) Basketball (South Atlantic Conference) Baseball (South Atlantic Conference) Track (South Atlantic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 20,891 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 19,900 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 991 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,974 | 40% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 5,065 | 71% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 10,001 | 100% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 7,444 | 81% | |
Any Aid: |
100% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 72% (Selective) |
| Test Scores | |
| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 84% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 420, Math: 440 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 530, Math: 550 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 59% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 18, Verbal: 16, Math: 17 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 22, Verbal: 21, Math: 22 |
| Application Fee: | $ 30.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Not Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |