Benedict College Business Programs

Benedict College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Columbia, South Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Benedict College?

Contact details for Benedict College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Harden Street, Columbia, SC 29204-1086
Phone:	803-253-5000
Website:	www.benedict.edu

How Do I Get Into Benedict College?

You can apply to Benedict College online at: https://my.benedict.edu/ICS/Admissions/

Admission Requirements for Benedict College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Benedict College?

With an acceptance rate of 68%, Benedict College does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to Benedict College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 520. Math scores were between 400 and 500.

Can I Afford Benedict College?

The overall average net price of Benedict College is $15,220. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Benedict College, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $8,009 a year. That adds up to $32,036 over four years for those students.

Benedict College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,895 undergraduate students at Benedict College, with 1,884 being full-time and 11 being part-time.

There are also 13 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,884 full-time undergraduates at Benedict College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Benedict College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	1,525
Hispanic or Latino	55
White	13
International Students	241
Other Races/Ethnicities	45

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Benedict College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Benedict College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ethiopia, Colombia, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Benedict College

In 2022-2023, 1,047 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Benedict College has changed over the last few years.

Benedict College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	31	7	38
Accounting	11	0	11
Finance	3	0	3
Transportation/Mobility Management	1	0	1
Entrepreneurship	1	0	1
Interior Design Management	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0
Sports Communication	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	47	7	54

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.