Brevard College Student Profile

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At Brevard, students engage with peers from all over the world, enriching their education through collaboration and shared experiences.

Enrollment

  • Brevard enrolls about 900 students including 50+ students in 3 graduate programs.
  • Thirty (30) states and 9 countries are represented in the student body.
  • Most students are from North Carolina. About 40% are from South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. About 8% are from Alabama, Florida, and Virginia.
  • Brevard also enrolls students from Egypt, Palestine, Brazil, Canada, Algeria, Ethiopia, Bolivia, Uruguay, England, and Australia.
  • Students also transfer from colleges and universities throughout the world including 2 and 4 year colleges.

Ethnicities Represented in Our Student Body

  • 67% of students identify as White.
  • 32% of students identify as a person of color, which includes:
    • 14% who identify as Black
    • 8% who identify as Latinx
    • 5% of students identify with two more more ethnicities.
    • 3% who identify as Non-resident
    • 2% of students identify as an unknown ethnicity.
    • 1% of students identify as Asian
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New Student Academic Profile

  • Average High School GPA (unweighted): 3.40
  • Average SAT score (Math and Reading): 1090
  • Average ACT (composite): 22

Additional Information

  • About 40% of students identify as Women
  • About 57% of students identify as Men
  • About 3% of students identify as non-binary
  • 27% of students are First Generation college students, which means their parents did not attend college
  • 45% of students receive a Pell Grant (of any amount)
  • 78%: First-to-Second Year Retention Rate
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