Editing Berea College (section)

===Rankings and outcomes===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 453
| USNWR_LA = 40
| Wamo_LA = 2
| THE_WSJ = 311
}}

In 2024, ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' ranked Berea College first in the U.S. among national liberal arts colleges based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/|title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking|date=25 August 2024|publisher=Washington Monthly|access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> The [[The New York Times|New York Times]] also ranked Berea first in its 2023 College Access Index based on economic diversity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leonhardt |first=David |last2=Wu |first2=Ashley |date=2023-09-07 |title=The Top U.S. Colleges With the Greatest Economic Diversity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/07/magazine/college-access-index.html |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  The 2025 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorizes Berea as 'more selective' and rates it 40th overall, first in "Service Learning," second for "Most Innovative Schools," tied for 9th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching" and fifth in "Top Performers in Social Mobility" among liberal arts colleges in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | title=2024 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges | website=US News & World Report| url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc | access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=2024 Top Universities Impacting Social Mobility | website=US News & World Report| url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/social-mobility?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc | access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> ''[[Kiplinger's Personal Finance]]'' places Berea 35th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/school/5322/berea-college/ |magazine=Kiplinger's Personal Finance |title=Kiplinger's Best College Values |date=July 2019 |access-date=2019-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821080001/https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/school/5322/berea-college/ |archive-date=2019-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According 2022 data from [[College Scorecard]], Berea College graduates earn a median salary of $40,000 ten years after their entry into the institution.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=College Scorecard: Berea College |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?156295-Berea-College |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=collegescorecard.ed.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Berea College: US News and World Report |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/berea-college-1955 }}</ref> Mathematics majors earn around $18,000, biology $29,000, psychology $35,000, and nursing $57,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Data Home {{!}} College Scorecard |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=collegescorecard.ed.gov |language=en}}</ref> 51% of Berea graduates earn higher than a typical high school graduate of the corresponding area.<ref name=":4" />