Newberry College

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Newberry is a 4-year private university located at 2100 College St in Newberry, South Carolina. It's a Distant campus in a Town-based setting with 1,064 enrolled students and a student faculty ratio of 14 to 1. Campus housing is present on campus, and online programs are available.

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Newberry College is a private higher education institute for liberal arts affiliated to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The idea for establishment of the college was proposed in 1828 by the Rev. John Bachman to the annual meeting of the Lutheran Synod. The proposal was approved in the following year. The college started in 1831 as a seminary located in Pomaria, South Carolina. The seminary was relocated in 1834 to Lexington before moving again in 1855 to Newberry. In 1854, the college was authorized by the Synod to become a degree-granting institute. In 1856, the college name was changed to the current one following an amendment to its charter. In 1859, the college opened its preparatory department followed by the opening of the seminary and the college in the following year. During the Civil War, most of the students participated in the military service and the college building was occupied by military forces. Accordingly, the college faced severe financial difficulties till St. John’s Lutheran church offered a new campus to the college in Walhalla, South Carolina. The college returned again to Newberry in 1884. It remained at this location till 1898 when it moved to Mt. Pleasant before finally relocating to its current campus in Columbia City in 1911.

Newberry campus covers 90 acres offering several distinctive buildings and facilities including O.L. Casey Center, Walker Hall, MacLean Gym, Wiles Chapel and Theatre, Smeltzer Hall, Holland Hall, Kaufmann Hall, Wessels Library, Lee Atwater Field and Brokaw Hall. The college athletic teams, who are nicknamed wolves, compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II as members of the South Atlantic Conference.

The college offers 33 academic programs in 10 different fields of study. There are also 3 online degree programs and 9 pre-professional programs. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in addition to 3 other institutional accreditations and 7 program specific accreditations.

School Facts

Years Estd.1856
NicknameWolves
LocationSouth Carolina
Religious AffiliationEvangelical Lutheran Church

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#877 Nationally for Colleges with the most expensive cost of living.

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#737 Nationally for Universities with highest tuition

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#877 Nationally for Colleges with the most Expensive cost of living

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#1565 Nationally for Largest Number of students enrolled

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The Acceptance rate for Newberry is 56 Percent. Last year, there were 1163 applicants and 41 percent of those who were accepted actually attended (Enrollment Rate). To apply, it's required to have the following: High school GPA, High School transcripts, SAT/ACT test scores.