Barry University
Life at Barry University in Miami, Florida, offers exciting learning opportunities and so much more. You work with professors. You study by the pool on a 122-acre campus lined with palm trees. You chat with an author or chief executive officers after a lecture. You cheer on the NCAA champion Barry Buccaneers men’s tennis team. You spend Saturdays with friends on South Beach. You conduct your own research. You learn how to scuba dive. You intern at a multinational company. You make a difference.
Being in the global city of Miami and living with students from around the world, you’ll quickly realize that learning comes from everything around you.
Barry offers over 75 majors and specializations, and many opportunities to deepen your education. The honors program engages you with classes in culture and philosophy. Earn your master’s degree with just an extra year of study — Barry offers seamless five-year bachelor’s-to-master’s programs including education, sports management and social work.
No matter what path you choose, you gain hands-on experience before you graduate. You may land an internship at one of more than 700 multinational companies in Miami. You present your research findings at a national conference. You analyze development opportunities in a lowincome neighborhood. You apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to a rapidly changing world.
What’s more, Barry has a 12:1 student-faculty ratio, so you learn in small classes and receive personal attention from your professors. They not only know your name, but they also know your goals and will help you reach them. Barry enrolls 8,000 students from nearly all 50 states and 80 countries. This diversity of cultures and perspectives enriches your college experience.
At Barry, you learn to make the world a better place. Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives fosters partnerships with community organizations. Some of your classes use service learning to integrate coursework with community needs. You help migrant farmworkers advocate for fair treatment.
You live Barry’s commitment to social justice and collaborative service. In fact, Barry was named to the 2012, 2013 and 2014 President’s Higher Education Honor Roll after logging more than 25,000 service hours each year.
With more than 60 student organizations to choose from, you express your talents, develop leadership skills and make lifelong friendships. You run for student office. You produce your own show on the WBRY radio station. You lead an intramural sports team to a tournament win.
You also support — or compete on — one of Barry’s 12 varsity teams. A member of the NCAA Division II Sunshine State Conference, the Buccaneers field teams in baseball, basketball, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. They’ve won 15 NCAA national championships.
Barry strives to provide the resources to make your education affordable for you and your family. Through scholarships, grants, work-study programs and lowinterest loans, more than 90% of all undergraduates receive some form of financial aid.
Visit www.barry.edu/myBarry to contact an admissions counselor, find more information about majors or schedule a campus visit.