Birmingham Southern College (BSC)
900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254
BSC Description
Birmingham-Southern College provides a liberal arts education of distinctive quality. The college challenges students to think independently, to examine the arts and sciences aesthetically and critically, and to communicate clearly. It fosters the advancement of scholarship, personal and resourceful learning, and comprehensive advising.The total educational experience at Birmingham-Southern College focuses on individual students and their intellectual and ethical development, and offers opportunities for spiritual and physical well-being. The academic program challenges students to understand a range of disciplines and requires the in-depth study of one. The college is distinguished by a dedicated faculty, undergraduate scholarship and research, Interim term, leadership studies and service-learning, cross-cultural opportunities, on- and off-campus mentor relationships, and by graduate education within a liberal arts context.
Birmingham-Southern College operates under the auspices of the Alabama-West Florida and North Alabama Conferences of The United Methodist Church, with its most responsible service to the Church being to perform its educational mission with distinction.
Quick Facts
Location
Southeast
Setting
Mid-size City Setting
Type
Private
Affiliation
United Methodist
Size
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot
Panthers
Nickname
BSC
Website
On-Campus Housing Available
Yes
In-State Tuition
$26,746
Out-of-State Tuition
$26,746
Selectivity
Highly Selective
Enrollment
1,549
BSC Students
- Full-Time Undergrad Students
- 1,412
- Freshman Class
- 424
- Total Students (Undergrads & Graduate Students)
- 1,549
Undergraduate vs. Graduate
- Undergraduate
- 91%
- Graduate
- 9%
Full-Time vs. Part-time Students
- Full-Time
- 100%
- Part-Time
- 0%
Students Coming From In-State vs. Out-of-State
- In-State
- 58%
- Out-of-State
- 42%
Gender of Students
- Women
- 49%
- Men
- 51%
Ethnic Diversity
- African-American
- 8%
- Asian
- 4%
- Caucasian
- 82%
- Latino
- 1%
- Other
- 5%
Students State Origin
- Alabama
- 58%
- Georgia
- 12%
- Tennessee
- 8%
- Florida
- 5%
- Louisiana
- 2%
- Other
- 15%
International Students
- International
- 0%
- Domestic
- 100%