Benedict College was founded in 1870 in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s original intent, like many HBCUs in the south, was to educated newly emancipated African Americans to become teachers. Now Benedict is a present day STEM powerhouse and the first HBCU to have its environmental engineering program approved by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). Benedict has a wide range of science and engineering degree offerings in chemistry, physics, biology, environmental engineering, environmental health science, and more. Benedict boasts of its degree offerings, “Benedict offers several high-demand fields of study in STEM, Cyber Security, Mass Communication, Sport Management, Business
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