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Birmingham–Southern College

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Wikipedia

Birmingham–Southern College (BSC) is a private liberal arts college in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1856, the college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). More than 1300 students from 33 states and 16 foreign countries attend the college. Birmingham–Southern has a 13:1 student-faculty ratio, and 96% of full-time faculty hold a doctorate or the highest degree in their field.

Birmingham–Southern has been consistently ranked among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States. The college is one of just forty institutions nationwide profiled in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives, which offers the following snapshot of the college: "What all of this says is that Birmingham-Southern is a high-quality, caring place where a person from any part of the country would not only be comfortable but would grow intellectually, morally, and personally."

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