2100 College St.
Newberry, S.C. 29108

Newberry College is a liberal arts, coeducational college, affiliated with the Lutheran Church and founded in 1856. This charming 90 acre campus is located in Newberry, South Carolina, the safest city in the state. The college is one mile from local shopping areas and the city has a number of year-around recreational activities.

Newberry College offers a broad liberal arts curriculum, with a choice of study in a variety of disciplines, and a selection of professional and pre-professional studies. Newberry has 25 majors, 29 minors, and 36 areas of concentration as well as the Summerland Honors Program, Pre-seminary Track, and ROTC. The pre-professional programs include law, dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Newberry students also have the option of dual-degree programs, where students attend the college for three years and can transfer to Clemson, Duke, MUSC, Charleston School of Law, or Palmetto Baptist Medical Center.

Quick Facts

Newberry College has an enrollment of more than 900 students hailing from 31 states and 15 countries. The student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

The Wessels Library has more than 90,000 volumes, sound and video recordings, CD-ROM resources and more than 450 periodicals subscriptions.

Newberry has 15 NCAA Division II teams which include men's baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and wrestling and women's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. More than 50 percent of the student body participates in intercollegiate sports. Intramural sports are available in a number of sports throughout the semester.

There are more than 50 student organizations to appeal to various student interests. The Newberry student body has a choice of Greek organizations such as Alpha Xi Delta, IFC, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Delta, Panhellenic, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Tau kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Order and Theta Chi. Other organizations include CLAY, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Luther Student Movement, Metoka Galeda, Newberry College Dance Team-Platinum Divas, Student Ambassador Association, College Republicans, Ultimate Frisbee Club, International Student Organization, Student Government Association, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, Residence Hall Association, Sociology/Psychology Club, Art Society, P.E. Majors Club, and 12 other academic and music organizations.

Each year, Newberry College awards $9 million dollars in academic and music scholarships and athletic grants in financial aid.

The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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