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1600 Harden Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29204
(803) 253-5143 or (800) 868-6598 |
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| Benedict College is a private, co-educational liberal arts institution located in Columbia, SC. It is the 4th largest
private HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in the United States and has produced over 14,000 graduates.
Of the 20 independent colleges in South Carolina, Benedict has the largest undergraduate student body and is the
second largest overall with an undergraduate population of over 2,500 students. Benedict College is committed to being
the best college it can be and is committed to establishing and maintaining high quality programs of teaching,
research and public service. Benedict is distinguished by its continued commitment to facilitate the empowerment,
enhancement, and full participation of African- Americans in American society. It is one of the top producers of
African-American Physics majors in the country, as reported by the Education and Employment statistic Division of the
American Institute of Physics and was ranked #2 in the nation for producing African-Americans with an undergraduate
degree in Physics. In the past 10 years, one out of three Benedict College students has enrolled in graduate school.
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Undergraduate Population: 2850
Graduate Population: 0
Percent Men: 67%
Percent Women: 33%
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Student Body: Coed
Degrees Available: Bachelor's
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In State
Tuition: 12256
Out of State Tuition: 12256
Room & Board: 5674
Application Fee: $25 - Deadline: Rolling Admissions
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| History
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BENEDICT COLLEGE was founded in 1870 on an 80-acre plantation in Columbia, South Carolina. Under the auspices of the
American Baptist Home Mission Society, Mrs. Bathsheba A. Benedict of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, provided the amount of
$13,000.00 to purchase the land to open Benedict Institute on December 12, 1870. This new school was established for
the recently emancipated people of African descent.
Benedict's first class consisted of ten recently emancipated people of African descent and one teacher, the Reverend
Timothy L. Dodge, D.D. He was a college-trained preacher from the North, who became president of the Institute.
Benedict Institute set out from humble beginnings in a dilapadated former slave master's mansion to prepare men and
women to be "powers for good in society." The dilapadated mansion, built in 1839, served as the first schoolhouse
where grammar school subjects, along with Bible and theology, were taught. Eventually other subjects were added to
the curriculum to address the original objective of the school: to train teachers and preachers.
On November 2, 1894, the institution was chartered as a liberal arts college by the South Carolina Legislature and
the name "Benedict Institute" was changed to "Benedict College."
From 1870 to 1930, Benedict College was led by seven northern white Baptist ministers, all college trained. On April
10, 1930, the Reverend John J. Starks, who earned his bachelor's degree from the College in 1891, became the first
African American president of the College. Five African-American presidents have succeeded him.
Maintaining a liberal arts tradition, Benedict College now offers bachelor degree programs in twenty-nine major areas
of study to meet the needs of a complex and technological society at home and world-wide as the twenty-first century
sets new parameters for peoples across the universe.
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