"Fact: At 27,000 acres, Berry’s campus is (by far) the world’s largest," the official website says. Opinion: It is also the most beautiful. Undeniable: The combination of scale and natural resources provides a wealth of opportunities simply not available at other colleges.

"Our vast and varied campus means more than 1,000+ different jobs to choose among as you put classroom learning into motion — testing careers, developing interests and contributing to the daily operation of your college. This staggering range of opportunities is the reason why every Berry student is guaranteed access to eight semesters of paid professional development, whether teaching in our campus lab school, running our bicycle repair shop, managing a dairy herd or about a thousand other possibilities.

"A wide range of campus biodiversity — from a major river, smaller streams, large and small ponds and wetlands to oak and pine forests, agricultural land and an arboretum — supply a rich array of natural habitats to support fieldwork and research. More than 25 projects are currently underway, from short-term studies to an over 20-year longleaf pine restoration initiative. Join a professor’s research team or launch your own project."

"Berry College is a private liberal arts college in the Mount Berry community adjacent to Rome, Georgia. It is 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," the Wikipedia says..

"Berry College is situated near the city of Rome in northwestern Georgia, 59 miles (95 km) northwest of Atlanta, Georgia and 53 miles (85 km) south of Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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. 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 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] 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."

"Founded by Martha Berry in 1902, Berry College sits on the world’s largest college campus and boasts historic buildings and homes of many architectural styles," the Georgia's Rome Office of Tourism says.

"Sites include one of the world’s largest wooden overshot waterwheels, historic chapels and miles of mountain trails for hiking and biking. Several feature films including ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ and ‘Remember the Titans’ were filmed on this magnificent campus. Campus open daily during daylight hours."

"Berry College is a private liberal arts college in Rome, GA, that plants the seeds for students’ careers. Berry offers over 75 areas of study across four schools, as well as pre-professional programs and a dual-degree engineering program with the Georgia Institute of Technology or Kennesaw State University," the Forbes magazine says.

"The college has a unique pride point — at 27,000 acres, it is the world’s largest campus. With this size, there is a wealth of opportunities, including over 1,000 jobs on campus through Berry’s unique LifeWorks program, which provides students with eight semesters of paid professional experience.

"The college cultivates a tight-knit community, with every freshman being assigned with peer and faculty mentors. Berry has a number of scholar programs for Hispanic and Latinx students and those dedicated to service. Outside of the classroom, students can take part in some of the 75 student organizations. Approximately 98% of students are employed or in graduate school within six months of graduating."

"Berry College, founded by Martha Berry back in 1902, is the world’s largest college campus at 27,000 acres. That’s twice the size of Manhattan Island. But its beauty is something even the college’s founder knew would stand the test of time," the Atlanta News First says.



"But its beauty is something even the college’s founder knew would stand the test of time. “She saw beauty as part of education. And she wanted people to be inspired by it, to aspire to it. To recognize the value it brings to life,” said Steve Briggs, the president of Berry College.

"Berry College maintains 600 acres of lush grasses, meadows, and pastures along with 88 miles of hiking and biking trails. The idyllic pastoral setting is filled with wildlife like deer and even bald eagles."

"Berry began holding Sunday School classes believing that education would help raise those living in the area from poverty. Eventually, Berry’s classes grew into complete schools for both boys and girls,"  the Atlas Obscura says.

"In need of money to continue her efforts to educate the local children, she approached industrialist Henry Ford. Ford reportedly rebuffed her by pulling a dime from his pocket and throwing it on the desk saying, “That’s all the money I have in my pocket, take it and leave.” Taking the dime back home she purchased seeds, plants, and trees. Photographing everything she had done with a simple dime, she returned the following year to see Ford again. Impressed with her efforts he ultimately contributed to her goals.

"Today, the world’s largest campus of 28,000 acres is home to large amounts of wildlife, a working mill with a waterwheel 42 feet in diameter, and the plantation house where Martha Berry lived until her death. The white southern plantation home was used as a set in the Reese Witherspoon movie “Sweet Home Alabama” and is open to the public."

"Comprising an expansive campus of over 27,000 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Rome, Georgia, Berry College is one of the largest campuses in the world. Its architecture is remarkably varied—from log cabins and vernacular cottages, to an Oxford-inspired Collegiate Gothic quadrangle donated by Henry Ford, to Colonial Revival and Neoclassical buildings in the Beaux-Arts American collegiate tradition," the SAH Archipedia says.

"There are effectively three campuses, each with its own character: the so-called Log Cabin area is the site of the original Martha Berry School for Girls; the Mountain Campus, formerly the Mount Berry School for Boys and later, the Berry Academy; and the south end of today’s Berry College Campus, a more traditional collegiate ensemble of classical buildings, many designed by Samual Inman Cooper’s firm, Cooper and Cooper (later Cooper, Barrett, Skinner, Woodbury, and Cooper).

"From the entry gate one first sees Cooper’s masterful Hermann Hall, a Néo-Grec administration building of careful proportions and fine detailing, and a building that sets the tone for the “classical” campus. Martha Berry’s home, Oak Hill (1947), with its nineteenth- and mid-twentieth-century outbuildings, is located just across the old Dixie Highway that skirts the campus, a road now named Martha Berry Highway (U.S. 27) in honor of this extraordinary educator."

"Berry College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located just north of Rome. Founded by Martha Berry, the college was one of several “Berry Schools” that were established to provide poor children in the north Georgia mountains with the opportunity to earn an education. Though the others have long closed, the college continues to enjoy a reputation as a respected regional institution," the New Georgia Encyclopedia says.

"Through these years the college continued to operate on tight finances, despite the sale of some of its lands for local development. This money was invested in restricted funds that helped build the endowment to about 185th among educational institutions nationally by 1999. Gloria M. Shatto, who succeeded Bertrand as president in 1980, continued to work on securing the institution’s financial stability, and the college still owns more than 26,000 acres. By the 1990s Berry College annually enrolled approximately 1,800 undergraduates and roughly 200 students in its business and education graduate programs; enrollment numbers remain about the same today.

"True to the founder’s ideals, the trustees strive to keep tuition lower than that of comparable institutions, and each class still contains a large proportion of first-generation college students. Most students continue to work on campus for experience and spending money, and the Religion-in-Life program encourages them to participate in local churches and in volunteer service activities. In 1998 John Scott Colley assumed the presidency, and upon his retirement in 2006, Stephen R. Briggs became the school’s eighth president."