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{{Short description|Private college in Mount Berry, Georgia, US}}
{{About|the liberal arts college in Rome, Georgia|the private Catholic university in Miami, Florida|Barry University}}
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{{Infobox university
| name                  = Berry College
| former_names          = Boys Industrial School<br />(1902–1926)<br />Martha Berry School for Girls (1909–1926)
| motto                 = Head, Heart, and Hands
| type                  = [[Private university]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Nondenominational Christianity|Non-denominational]] [[Christianity|Christian]]
| endowment             = $1.37 billion (2024)<ref name=endowment>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| president             = Sandeep Mazumder<ref>{{cite web |title=President of Berry College |url=https://berry.edu/about/office-of-the-president/ |website=Berry College |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>
| city                  = [[Mount Berry, Georgia|Mount Berry]]
| state                 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|34.290|-85.189|type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-GA|display=title,inline}}
| campus                = [[Rural]]; more than {{Convert|27000|acre|km2}}
| sporting_affiliations = [[NCAA Division III]] – [[Southern Athletic Association|SAA]]
| mascot                = Victor the Viking
| website               = {{URL|https://berry.edu}}
| enrollment            = 2,484
| colors                = {{colorbox|#00205B}} {{colorbox|#0085CA}} {{color box|#A2AAAD}}<br />(Blue, light blue, and silver)<ref>[https://berry.edu/marketing/brand/identity Our identity] on Berry College</ref> 
| logo                   = Berry college logofull.png
| logo_size              = 200
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'''Berry College''' is a [[private university]] in the [[Mount Berry, Georgia|Mount Berry]] community adjacent to [[Rome, Georgia]]. It is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS). Berry College was founded on values based on Christian principles in 1902 by [[Martha Berry]].

==History==
[[File:Berry's gate of opportunity, part 4 - DPLA - 781f2c79bfd4bf4cb97764d8c30e1f81.pdf|thumb|left|150px|Berry student life in the 1950s]]
In 1902, Martha Berry, daughter of a prominent local business owner, founded the "Boys Industrial School" on 83 acres of land inherited from her father. In exchange for an education, students of the school would work to help build, run, and maintain the new school. In 1904, it became the first approved school of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DAR Schools |url=https://www.dar.org/outreach/education/dar-schools |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=Daughters of the American Revolution |language=en}}</ref> In 1909, the "Martha Berry School for Girls" was added, and collectively with the boys school, it came to be known as the Berry Schools.

The free labor provided by the students helped to keep construction and operating costs for the schools low. In 1926, the school became a junior college and several years later, a senior college, graduating its first class in 1932. During the 1930s, the school campus grew to 30,000 acres, helped by a large donation from [[Henry Ford]]. In 1957, Berry College became [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]. During the 1960s, Berry College began paying student workers instead of crediting accounts and ended mandatory religious services for students.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.berry.edu/about/our-rich-history/ | title=History of Berry College }}</ref>

==Academics==
Berry College offers [[Bachelor of Arts]], [[Bachelor of Music]], [[Bachelor of Science]], [[Master of Business Administration]], [[Master of Education]], and [[Education Specialist]] degrees from the four schools making up its academic program. It is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS). The student-faculty ratio at Berry College is 11:1, and the school has 58.9% of its classes with fewer than 20 students, and 99.6% of its classes with fewer than 50 students. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 83%. ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' in its 2021 Best Colleges ranks Berry College #4 in Regional Universities South, #3 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, and #1 in Best Value Schools.<ref>{{cite news |title=Berry College |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/berry-college-1554 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |issue=2021 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P.}}</ref>

===Undergraduate programs===
Berry offers degrees in the following schools:
* Campbell School of Business
* Charter School of Education and Human Sciences
* Evans School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
* School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences

A [[minor degree]] can be obtained in 36 different courses of study throughout the four schools. Berry also offers an undergraduate degree in [[interdisciplinary studies]].

===Honors Program===
Berry's Honors Program is an undergraduate program designed to give qualified students a chance to learn in an intellectually challenging environment with their peers and professors. The Honors Program allows the students to take Honors-only classes, Honorized classes, and to study abroad in Honors-only programs. During their last year at Berry, Honors students must complete and defend a senior thesis. Upon graduation, they receive an Honors diploma.

===Graduate programs===
Berry offers a [[Master of Arts]] in Teaching program and an [[Education Specialist]] certification in the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences that is accredited by the [[National Council for Teacher Education]] (NCATE).

The Campbell School of Business offers a [[Master of Business Administration]] program that is accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB).

=== Admissions ===
In 2021, Berry College accepted 77% of all applicants. Admitted students have an average GPA of 3.7, a mean ACT score of 27 and a mean SAT score of 1175.<ref name="Berry College">{{Cite web|title=Berry College|url=https://www.collegeconfidential.com/colleges/berry-college/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=College Confidential|language=en}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=August 2022}}

=== Tuition ===
Berry College's tuition is $38,430 a year, before any financial aid, grants, or scholarships. In 2021, tuition increased 1.9%, from $37,720 in 2020 to the current rate of $38,430.  On average, college tuition rises about 3 percent a year.<ref name="Berry College"/>

Berry College has the same tuition for Georgia residents as for students from other states and international students.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Archibald|first1=Robert B.|title=Federal Policy and College Tuition|date=2010-10-13|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744503.003.0013|work=Why Does College Cost So Much?|pages=201–213|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=2021-09-20|last2=Feldman|first2=David H.|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744503.003.0013 |isbn=978-0-19-974450-3 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In addition to tuition, students at Berry can expect to pay around $13,620 a year for room and board, which covers the cost of on-campus housing and a meal plan. Students who live off campus but still want to eat on campus can pay $6,180 a year for a meal plan.<ref name="Berry College"/>

===Berry College Elementary and Middle School===
Berry College Elementary and Middle School is a private school located on Berry College's mountain campus across from Frost Chapel. Established in 1977, the school was initially called the Berry College Academy - which held a variety of students from preschool to high school.<ref name=AcademyHistory>{{cite news |title=Berry College Academy plans registration Aug. 8 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GAQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AjMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2961%2C2300119 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |work=Rome News-Tribune |date=August 17, 1977 |pages=3A; 5A}}</ref> The academy was meant to follow British enfant school practices.<ref name="30years">{{cite news|last1=Freygan|first1=Andrea|title=Berry Elementary to celebrate 30 year(sic)|url=http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/berry-elementary-to-celebrate-year-local-new/article_f7c8e3c8-760d-569f-bc82-c59bc22a7465.html|access-date=June 16, 2017|work=[[Rome News-Tribune]]|date=June 18, 2007|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134720/http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/berry-elementary-to-celebrate-year-local-new/article_f7c8e3c8-760d-569f-bc82-c59bc22a7465.html|archive-date=January 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Using a [[Lilly Foundation]] Grant, the school was called the Early Learning Center in the Westcott Building and taught kindergarten and first grade students. Furthermore, the high school students were engaged in [[Bible study (Christianity)|Bible study]].<ref name=AcademyHistory/>

Berry abruptly closed the academy in 1983, and all 144 students left to attend school elsewhere. In 1988, the school moved locations from the Westcott Building to Hamrick Hall, where it is now located. By this time the age range had expanded to teach children up until fifth grade. Since 2002, it has enrolled students in up to the eighth grade. A year later, the older students were moved from Hamrick Hall to the newly built Cook Building on Main Campus to form their own separate middle school.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Report|title=Renovation complete of Berry's Cook Building|url=http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/renovation-complete-of-berry-s-cook-buildin-local-new/article_ae2f19f4-bb34-5fb9-abbf-3687c0b0c464.html|access-date=June 16, 2017|work=[[Rome News-Tribune]]|date=August 27, 2002|language=en}}</ref> A series of reunion events were held for former students, parents, teachers and directors in 2007 for the thirty year anniversary.<ref name="30years"/> The names of the schools were merged into one, Berry College Elementary and Middle School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berry.edu/academics/education/elementary/index.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317034514/http://www.berry.edu/academics/education/elementary/index.asp|url-status=dead|title=Berry College|archive-date=March 17, 2010|website=www.berry.edu}}</ref>

In 2015, the school was home to 129 elementary and middle school students with a 1:12 teacher to student ratio. During the 180 days in the school year, the students attend class for seven hours compared to the normal six for other elementary schools in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/7557 |title=Private School Review |access-date=2016-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018184223/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/7557 |archive-date=2015-10-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Middle Schoolers were also known for annually producing short films, with the eighth graders receiving a "Martha" award for their achievements.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lights, action ... camera!|url=http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/lifestyles/lights-action-camera/article_aef860e6-3f35-5cef-bb80-456d6607a639.html|access-date=June 16, 2017|work=[[Rome News-Tribune]]|date=June 15, 2009|language=en}}</ref>

==Campus==
Berry College is situated near the city of [[Rome, Georgia|Rome]] in northwestern Georgia, {{convert|59|mi|km}} northwest of [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and {{convert|53|mi|km}} south of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/berry-college-1554|title=#121 National Liberal Arts College Rankings|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2011-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019223509/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/berry-college-1554|archive-date=2011-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus consists of more than 27,000 acres of land - including fields, forests, and Lavender Mountain - making it the largest contiguous college campus in the world.<ref name=Travel>{{Cite web |url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/8 |title="America's Most Beautiful College Campuses", ''Travel+Leisure'' (September 2011) |work=Travel + Leisure |access-date=2013-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117202933/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/8 |archive-date=2013-11-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> Designated portions are open to the public for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, and other outdoor activities. The campus is also home to a large population of [[White-tailed deer|deer]] (estimates range between 1,500 and 2,500).

The [[Georgia Department of Natural Resources]] oversees about 16,000 acres of the campus, conducts managed hunts, and provides recreational opportunities. The land encompassing the academic buildings and other public spaces is a wildlife refuge in which no hunting is allowed.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} In September 2011, ''[[Travel+Leisure]]'' ranked Berry among the most beautiful college campuses in the United States, noting its numerous fountains and pools among its [[English Gothic]]-style buildings.<ref name=Travel/><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Berry College |url=https://www.berry.edu/about/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=www.berry.edu}}</ref>

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File:Berrycollege.jpg|The "Gate of Opportunity" is the main entrance to the campus
File:Berry Gate of Opportunity updated during 2024.png|Berry Gate of Opportunity updated 2024
File:Ford Buildings - Berry College.jpg|The reflecting pools in front of the Ford Dining Hall 
File:Mary Hall at Berry College.jpg|West Mary Hall 
File:Mirror Lake, Berry College Mountain Campus.jpg|Mirror Lake on the Mountain Campus 
File:BerryFord1.jpg|Ford Buildings 
File:Berry.animalscience.center.2021.jpg|Animal Science Center at Briggs Hall
File:MorganBailey 20250604.2.jpg|Morgan-Bailey Health Sciences Center
File:MorganBailey 20250604.jpg|Morgan-Bailey Health Sciences Center
File:McAllisterHall422022.jpg|McAllister Hall
File:HermannHall1.jpg|Hermann Hall
File:TennisCtrBerry1.jpg|Rome Tennis Center at Berry College
File:SistersTheatre1.jpg|Sisters Theatre at Blackstone Hall
File:Old Mill, Berry College, Rome, GA, US.jpg|Old Mill
</gallery>

==Student life==
Berry College has a total of 1,943 undergraduate students for the 2019–2020 academic year. There are 91 graduate students. There is a 66:34 female to male ratio, and 69 percent of the students are in-state residents. Students come from 35 states and at least 18 foreign countries.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

===Outdoor recreation===
Berry College has more than 80 miles of hiking, biking and horseback riding trails, and two disc golf courses; all are open to the Berry community and to the public. The Victory Lake Campground located in the heart of Berry's campus is available to Berry student use only. Berry offers an intramural program with men, women and co-educational play for many sports.

===LifeWorks program===
Berry College's student work program, called LifeWorks, guarantees every student a job on campus for those interested in participating. The work program is based upon the original idea the school was formed around. The founder, Martha Berry, would educate local children for free if they would work around campus. This continues to help offset the tuition cost to this day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Rich History|url=http://www.berry.edu/richhistory/|website=berry.edu/richhistory|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211061713/http://www.berry.edu/richhistory/|archive-date=11 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Berry College has been used as a site for the filming of several movies, in addition to music videos by bands such as [[Casting Crowns]]. The most notable films are ''[[Remember the Titans]]'' and ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Berry College – Quick Facts|url = http://www.berry.edu/quickfacts/|website = www.berry.edu|access-date = 2016-10-26|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161017164324/http://www.berry.edu/quickfacts/|archive-date = 2016-10-17|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Disney]]'s ''[[Perfect Harmony (film)|Perfect Harmony]]'' (1991) was filmed almost entirely on campus at buildings such as Oak Hill, Frost Chapel, the Old Mill, and the Ford Buildings. A short scene from ''[[Dutch (1991 film)|Dutch]]'' was filmed on the Berry campus. In addition, scenes for the Fox series, ''[[The Following]],'' starring [[Kevin Bacon]], were filmed here. In the ''[[Constantine (TV series)|Constantine]]'' television series, the Ford Buildings and the Old Mill were used as the settings for Ravenscar Asylum and [[John Constantine]]'s hideout, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Familiar Places – Berry Alumni Accent|url=http://epress.berry.edu/alumniaccent/?p=6040|publisher=Berry College|access-date=12 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913204232/http://epress.berry.edu/alumniaccent/?p=6040|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Netflix original|Netflix Original]] ''[[Stranger Things]]'' filmed parts of its fourth season at the Ford Complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Georgia’s Berry College became a mental asylum in ‘Stranger Things’ |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/private-quarters/georgias-berry-college-is-pennhurst-mental-hospital-from-stranger-things/TTVIZU33KFADTCYKU5WG67TGBM/ |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=ajc |language=en}}</ref>

===Religious life===
Berry College's mission statement espouses "values based on Christian principles".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berry.edu/page.aspx?id=17054 |title=Berry College Mission and Purpose |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403120814/http://www.berry.edu/page.aspx?id=17054 |archive-date=2013-04-03 }}</ref> The institution's board of trustees chose to shutter the middle and high school academy, and used that campus property to court leadership of [[Chick Fil-A]], a Christian-run business, through its WinShape foundation programs.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444840104577553341868014390 "Chick Fil-A at college"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727085810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444840104577553341868014390 |date=2019-07-27 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''</ref>  The campus has a chaplain, four chapels, and an active religion-in-life program supporting all Christian denominations and religions outside of Christianity. The school recognizes the Student Association for an Inter-Religious Community, which is a student organization that encourages dialogue between religions represented on campus.

===Campus housing===
Berry College has housing for employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berry.edu/business/campus-housing/|title=Campus Housing|publisher=Berry College|accessdate=2022-07-16}} - [https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/calendar/eventAttachments/2012/Berry%20College%20Campus%20Map.pdf Staff housing location is on this map]</ref>

Faculty housing on the Berry College property is zoned to [[Floyd County School District]] for public school (for dependents of college employees living on the property).<ref name=Distmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13115_floyd/DC20SD_C13115.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Floyd County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-06-25}} - Note Berry College's location</ref> The zoned secondary schools for Berry College's housing are Armuchee Middle School and [[Armuchee High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floydboe.net/information/FeederSchools/districts.cfm|title=School Distrist's(sic) Feeder Patterns|publisher=[[Floyd County School District]]|date=2008-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601093154/http://www.floydboe.net/information/FeederSchools/districts.cfm |accessdate=2022-07-16|archive-date=2008-06-01 }} - Compare to the institution's map and the US Census Bureau school zoning map.</ref>

==Athletics==
{{see also|Berry Vikings football}}
[[File:Berry vikings logo.png|thumb|120px|Berry athletics logo]]
The Berry athletic teams are called the Vikings. The institution is a member of the [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] level of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA), primarily competing in the [[Southern Athletic Association]] (SAA) as a founding member since the 2012–13 academic year. The Vikings previously competed as an [[NCAA Division III independent schools|NCAA D-III Independent]] from 2010–11 to 2011–12; and in the [[Southern States Athletic Conference]] (SSAC); formerly known as Georgia–Alabama–Carolina Conference (GACC) until after the 2003–04 school year) of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) from 2004–05 to 2009–10. The school's mascot is the [[Viking]].

Berry competes in 22 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, equestrian, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

===Championships===
Berry has won three NAIA national championships in women's soccer (1987, 1990 and 1993), one national title in women's basketball (1976), one NAIA national crown in men's golf (1998), and three IHSA national championships in equestrian (2011, 2015, 2016). In addition, Berry student-athletes Michelle Abernathy (marathon, 1999), Caio Soares (3,000 meter race-walk, 2004), Michelle Tuggle (high jump, 1984) and Nicole Wildes (women's golf, 2004) have all won individual national championships. The Berry College women's basketball team won the AIAW Small College National Championship in 1976.<ref name="AIAW winners"/>

In 2018, [[Elijah Hirsh]] in men's basketball broke the single-game record for blocks in Berry's NCAA Division III era with 10 blocks.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Elijah-Hirsh/Summary/100957|title=Elijah Hirsh Player Profile, Berry College, NCAA Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://berryvikings.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elijah-hirsh/1847|title=Elijah Hirsh - 2018-19 - Men's Basketball|website=Berry College}}</ref> In 2019, he averaged 9.2 rebounds (leading the SAA) and was named SAA Player of the Year, SAA All-First Team, and [[National Association of Basketball Coaches]] All-District South First Team.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://saa.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2018-19/releases/20190702olgtjw|title=2018-19 SAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year Elijah Hirsh signs with Israel's Elitzur Kiryat Ata|date=July 2, 2019|website=Southern Athletic Association}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://berry.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2018-19/releases/hirsh_signs_pro_deal|title=Hirsh Signs Pro Basketball Deal With Israel's Elitzur Kiryat Ata|date=July 2, 2019|website=BerryVikings.com}}</ref>

===Addition of football===
The Berry College [[Board of Trustees]] voted to add [[College football|football]] beginning in the fall of 2013, with a [[track and field]] athletic program to be added soon after.<ref>{{cite news|title=Berry to add football in 2013, track and field soon after Read more: RN-T.com – Berry to add football in 2013 track and field soon after |url=http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/16142328/article-Berry-to-add-football-in-2013--track-and-field-soon-after |access-date=4 December 2011 |newspaper=Rome News Tribune |date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426020055/http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/16142328/article-Berry-to-add-football-in-2013--track-and-field-soon-after |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> Due to the financial expense and the traditions of the school, the decision to add football was controversial and met with opposition from a significant portion of the student body, faculty, and alumni. According to the school newspaper, ''The Campus Carrier,'' adding football would not affect issues related to equal sports opportunity under the [[Title IX]] regulations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bridges|first=Zadie|title=Football not serious threat to Title IX|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/74386111/Campus-Carrier-12-1-11|access-date=4 December 2011|newspaper=The Campus Carrier|date=12 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015405/http://www.scribd.com/doc/74386111/Campus-Carrier-12-1-11|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Facilities===
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A new stadium, known as "Valhalla", has been built on Berry's campus. The facility is used by the institution's football, track, and lacrosse programs.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.berryvikings.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121025v9atd0 |title=Berry College Announces Naming/Funding of New Stadium and Track |publisher=Berry College |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617202003/http://www.berryvikings.com/sports/fball/2012-13/releases/20121025v9atd0 |archive-date=June 17, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The stadium was originally intended to be built near the Cage Center, but in 2012 a pair of [[bald eagle]]s established their nest near the site. They returned and successfully raised chicks in 2013 and 2014. The school moved the stadium site to a new location well removed from the eagles, which have become a symbol of the school.<ref name="Valhalla site">{{cite press release |url=http://www.berry.edu/newsdetail/?nid=51539612333 |title=Berry College Moves Stadium Location Out of Respect for Bald Eagle Nest |publisher=Berry College |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012224212/http://www.berry.edu/newsdetail/?nid=51539612333 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Groundbreaking was held on October 17, 2014, and the stadium was completed for the 2015 football season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epress.berry.edu/alumniaccent/?p=6256 |title=A place for us |work=Alumni Accent |publisher=Berry College |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108071433/http://epress.berry.edu/alumniaccent/?p=6256 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Cage Center is Berry's 131,000-square-foot athletic facility that houses a performance [[gym]]nasium, a [[natatorium]] with observation seating, a fitness center, [[racquetball]] courts, an indoor track and classrooms. The Cage was named after Berry College alumnus and trustee Steven Cage, whose $10 million donation kicked off the project.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Darren Barnet]], actor
* [[Mark Bloom]], professional soccer player
* [[Vincent L. Griffith]], United States Navy Rear admiral
* [[Elijah Hirsh]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Berry player signs with Israel pro team |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/sports/colleges/college-basketball-former-berry-player-signs-with-israel-pro-team/article_d7789d30-9f6b-11e9-abb2-67bcbed3cd44.html |website=[[Rome News-Tribune]] |date=July 5, 2019 |quote=Berry men’s basketball alumnus Elijah Hirsh signed a two-year deal with Israel’s Elitzur Kiryat Ata}}</ref>
* [[Josh Hughes]], professional soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Berry College's Josh Hughes earns all-region status |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/sports/colleges/berry-colleges-josh-hughes-earns-all-region-status/article_17ad3a66-62a8-11e3-94c2-0019bb30f31a.html |website=Rome News-Tribune |date=December 11, 2013}}</ref>
* [[John Junkins]], professor and former interim [[President of Texas A&M University|president]] of [[Texas A&M University]]<ref name=":hv">{{cite web|url=https://eng.auburn.edu/giving/news/interim-president-auburn-alumnus|title=Auburn Engineering alumnus, interim president of Texas A&M, tells his Auburn story|last         = Winton|first=Lauren|date=May 26, 2021|publisher=Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering|access-date=April 12, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230417141034/https://eng.auburn.edu/giving/news/interim-president-auburn-alumnus|archive-date=April 17, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Mason Kinsey]], professional football player
* [[Collin McHugh]], professional baseball player
* [[Heather Willauer]], chemist and inventor
* [[Morgan Church]], head coach of the [[United States women's national beach soccer team|U.S. Women's National Beach Soccer Team]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morgan Church Selects 12-Player U.S. Women's Beach Soccer National Team Roster for 2025 El Salvador Cup |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2025/02/12-player-us-womens-beach-soccer-national-team-roster-for-2025-el-salvador-cup |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.ussoccer.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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'''Berry College CDP''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP),<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st13_ga/place/p1307380_berry_college/DC20BLK_P1307380.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Berry College CDP, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=April 10, 2021|access-date=2025-07-25}}</ref> and the official name for an area covering the Berry College campus, in [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States.

It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 1,565.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Berry College CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1307380|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}</ref>

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===2020 census===
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|+'''Berry College CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br /><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Berry College CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1307380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2020
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|1,228
|78.47%
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|122
|7.80%
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|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|3
|0.19%
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|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|36
|2.30%
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|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0.06%
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|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|60
|3.83%
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|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|3
|0.19%
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|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|112
|7.16%
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|'''Total'''
|'''1,565'''
|'''100.00%'''
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== See also ==
{{Portal|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
* [[Georgia Governor's Honors Program]]
* [[Viking Fusion]]

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="AIAW winners">{{cite web |title=Pre-NCAA Statistical Leaders and AIAW Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2010/AIAW_wbkb.pdf |publisher=NCAA |access-date=31 Oct 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004213351/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2010/AIAW_wbkb.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
* Guthrie, Carol Anne. "Education and the evolution of the South: A history of the Berry Schools, 1902-1970" (PhD dissertation,  The University of Tennessee; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1994. 9518102).

==External links==
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* [https://berryvikings.com/ Athletics website]

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