27 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

In keeping with the aims and commitment, the mission of the Nursing program of Berea College is to prepare students with great promise and limited economic resources for the practice of professional nursing in a variety of health care settings, and to provide a foundation for graduate study in nursing.

Berea College is for everybody, and so is the feminism of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) department. WGS challenges students to tackle thorny issues like sexism, racism and gender inequity. 

The interdisciplinary field of Peace and Social Justice Studies program of Berea College focuses on practical questions of how to realize peace and justice in the everyday world. Berea is concerned with building peace with justice locally: with families, communities and organizations, and we also strive to reduce injustice and build peace nationally and internationally. 

The Sociology program at Berea College provides an understanding of human social behavior and analysis of the social processes that unite as well as separate us. Sociologists study structures that organize society such as social institutions, race, social class and gender as well as processes that divide us such as crime and deviance.

The curriculum of the Theatre program of Berea College provides an introduction to all aspects of theatre: the literature of the drama, theatre history, acting, directing, design and management.

The Child and Family Studies - Nutrition and Food Studies program of Berea College offers a broad understanding of the role of food in our society as a basic human need, its critical link to good health and well-being, and overall quality of life for individuals and families.

The Physics program at Berea College introduces students to the nature of scientific inquiry, grounded in problem solving that calls on both practical and quantitative reasoning skills.