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Benedict College is a private, co-educational liberal arts institution located in Columbia, SC. 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 2,800 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 the home of the …
- Nationally-ranked, award-winning, Benedict College Gospel Choir
- Honors Debate Team Champions.
- Basketball Team Champions (Men and Women).
- Cross Country Team Champions (Men).
- Nationally-accredited Environmental Health Science Program
National Academic Rankings:
- Benedict College is ranked 2nd in the nation in producing African American Physics majors, as reported by the Education and Employment statistic Division of the American Institute of Physics.
- Benedict College became only the 2nd HBCU in the nation and the 1st in South Carolina to receive national accreditation for its Environmental Health Program (EHAC)
- The Benedict College Debate Team won 1st Place at the National Association of African-Americans Honors Program Conference, October 2007.
- Benedict has been ranked 13th in granting degrees in Physical Sciences, 41st in granting degrees in Computer and Information Sciences 2007 and 42nd in granting degrees in Biology Biomedical Sciences out of 4,000 colleges across the nation by Diverse Magazine.
- The Benedict College pioneering Service Learning Program is a national model program and serves over 114 non-profit organizations around the SC Midlands area. The program recently won the 6th Annual Commission on Higher Education's Service Learning Competition.
- Seven members of the Men's basketball team were selected to the 2007 SIAC Academic and All-Conference Team.
Official Release of the Audit for the Benedict College 2006 Fiscal Year
For more, search the Benedict College site.
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