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OUR PROUD LEGACY

Founded by Martha Berry to provide local children with a quality education, Berry College builds on her proud legacy by inviting today’s students to balance intellectual exploration, hands-on learning and character development—while contributing their ideas and efforts to the betterment of the college community and the larger world.

CAMPUS

Berry’s campus, the world’s largest, includes a vast ecosystem of woodlands, meadows and streams and is home to unique opportunities for research, entrepreneurship, hands-on learning and recreation. It has been consistently ranked among country’s most beautiful by Architectural Digest, Travel + Leisure, Buzzfeed, Thrillist and Southern Living.

OUR RICH HISTORY
Where we come from shapes everything we do. 
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PURPOSE AND MISSION

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OAK HILL & THE MARTHA BERRY MUSEUM
Among Georgia’s most prized possessions, the estate and historic home of our founder Martha Berry features our renowned campus museum, enchanting gardens and trails and a stunning event space.
ATOP LAVENDER MOUNTAIN
Built in 1922 by Berry students and staff as a tribute to their beloved founder, the House o’ Dreams commands an inspiring view of campus and the Northwest Georgia area.

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MOUNTAIN DAY

PURPOSE & MISSION

VISION
For students to graduate as self-motivated learners – knowledgeable, responsible and resilient – leaving Berry with a sense of direction, conviction about what matters and confidence moving forward.
PURPOSE
To provide an integrated education of the head, heart and hands as the means by which to graduate responsible adults with the knowledge, experience, character and passion to improve the communities in which they live, work and serve.
MISSION
Berry College is a comprehensive liberal-arts college with Christian values. The college furthers our students’ intellectual, moral and spiritual growth; proffers lessons that are gained from worthwhile work done well; and challenges them to devote their learning to community and civic betterment. Berry emphasizes an educational program committed to high academic standards, values based on Christian principles, practical work experience and community service in a distinctive environment of natural beauty. It is Berry’s goal to make an excellent private liberal-arts education accessible to talented students from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds.
MOTTO
“Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.”
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OVERVIEW

Berry is an independent, coeducational college of approximately 2,100 students. For more than a century the College has offered a comprehensive liberal arts education that balances intellectual exploration, practical learning and character development.

HERITAGE

Founded by Martha Berry in 1902 as the Boys Industrial School with the mission of providing educational opportunity to poor children of the rural South, Berry became a four-year coeducational college in 1926. Historically nondenominational, the College embraces such Christian principles as inclusivity and service, encourages examination of faith and values, and is welcoming and respectful to those from all religious backgrounds.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Berry offers exceptional undergraduate degree programs in the sciences, humanities, arts and social sciences (42 majors and 38 minors), as well as undergraduate and masters opportunities in business and teacher education.
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ABOUT BERRY

GUARANTEED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Berry offers exceptional undergraduate degree programs in the sciences, humanities, arts and social sciences (42 majors and 38 minors), as well as undergraduate and masters opportunities in business and teacher education.

A CULTURE OF MENTORSHIP

A gathering of people from many backgrounds and points of view, the Berry community is welcoming, respectful and deeply supportive. Students are free to express their faith, voice their opinions, explore new interests and do the things they love.

A CULTURE OF BELONGING

A gathering of people from many backgrounds and points of view, the Berry community is welcoming, respectful and deeply supportive. Students are free to express their faith, voice their opinions, explore new interests and do the things they love.

THE BERRY COMPACT

The Berry education is built on an exchange. The College offers a purposeful, four-year plan that integrates mentorship, reflection and hands-on learning. In turn, students contribute their ideas and hard work to make Berry and the larger world better.

OUTCOMES

The Berry degree reveals its power as graduates walk across the stage with momentum and purpose (and often with jobs in hand) and reveals its full value throughout their lives. Equipped with respected degrees, a range of widely applicable skills and well-established values, they advance in their careers and lead in their communities.

THE WORLD'S LARGEST CAMPUS

At 27,000 acres, the Berry campus is a place of tremendous physical beauty, facilities that support unique work-based learning opportunities, countless options for outdoor recreation and ample opportunities for research.

LOCATION

Berry is located in northwest Georgia, 72 miles northwest of Atlanta and 75 miles south of Chattanooga.

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