Bennett College is a small, private, historically Black liberal arts college for women. The College offers women an education conducive to excellence in scholarly pursuits; preparation for leadership roles in the workplace, society, and the world; and lifelong learning in a technologically advanced, complex global society.

Bennett College’s undergirding philosophy is that a high quality college experience should provide its women students with strong academic and co-curricular programs that encourage their personal development, endorse lifelong learning, and prepare them to meet the needs of an ever-changing society.

If students are to realize their full potential as educated persons and contribute to society to their maximum capacities, their training at the undergraduate level must be thorough and must provide the opportunity to develop a value system and philosophy around which they can organize their lives.

Bennett College is committed to academic excellence rooted in personal integrity. Bennett College believes that talent without discipline is useless, and knowledge without character is perilous. Because the College's reputation is ultimately determined by those who earn a degree and wear its name, Bennett College insists upon evidence of personal growth and integrity in addition to academic excellence.

Bennett College strives to provide education in an atmosphere consistent with the ethical standards and principles set forth in the New Testament of the Bible. The maintenance of high standards of personal behavior is essential to the preservation of the academic and moral atmosphere of the College.

The Pre-Alumnae Council (PAC) at Bennett College is a part of the National Pre-Alumnae Council and National Alumnae Council of the College Fund/UNCF. The purpose of the PAC is to stimulate the interest and participation of students enrolled at UNCF member institutions and to encourage them to become active members of their respective alumnae associations.