Birmingham-Southern College Description:
Admissions Data (2008):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 69%
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 520 / 640
- SAT Math: 510 / 630
- SAT Writing: - / -
- ACT Composite: 23 / 28
- ACT English: 23 / 31
- ACT Math: 21 / 28
Enrollment (2007):
- Total Enrollment: 1,389 (1,339 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 49% Male / 51% Female
- 98% Full-time
Costs (2008 - 09):
- Tuition and Fees: $25,586
- Books: $1,100
- Room and Board: $9,105
- Other Expenses: $900
- Total Cost: $36,691
Birmingham-Southern College Financial Aid (2006 - 07):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 99%
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Federal Grants: 29%
- State / Local Grants: 48%
- Institutional Grants: 91%
- Loans: 49%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Federal Grants: $2,329
- State / Local Grants: $531
- Institutional Grants: $14,637
- Loans: $2,998
Most Popular Majors:
Graduation, Retention and Transfer Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 80%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 58%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 71%
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Birmingham-Southern College Mission Statement:
"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."
