Barber-Scotia College

Name

Barber-Scotia College

Legal name

Barber-Scotia College

Website

https://b-sc.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1867

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Liberal Arts Colleges (EDAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Applied Skills Noncredit Certificates (Non-licensure) (EDAAAEAD), Project, Process & Quality Certification Prep (PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, ITIL) (EDANAIAE)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Liberal arts college
• Historically black college
• Online certification programs
• Workforce development training

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Barber-Scotia College delivers four-year liberal arts undergraduate education leading to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees across four academic schools, with teacher preparation, social work, business, religion, and STEM pathways. It supplements residential degree programs with online professional certification courses delivered through a partnership with Skilldora Inc. covering AI, machine learning, digital marketing, agile/scrum, and emotional intelligence, and supports campus life through athletics in the New South Athletic Conference (NSAC) starting Fall 2025.

Product overview

Barber-Scotia College is a historically black liberal arts college (HBCU) offering a portfolio of educational products and services. The institution provides traditional four-year undergraduate degree programs through four academic schools (Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences, Business/Leadership, Continuing Education/Workforce Development, Science & Technology), enhanced by a supplementary online certification platform through its partnership with Skilldora Inc. The Skilldora platform offers AI and technology-focused certification programs featuring AI Digital Human Instructors, including courses in Artificial Intelligence Essentials, AI Prompt Engineering, Machine Learning, Agile/Scrum methodologies, Digital Marketing, Strategic Partnerships, Supplier Readiness, Emotional Intelligence, and Stock Investing. The college also operates a Populi-based Learning Management System for course delivery and student administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The 1867 Chronicle: The official newsletter of Barber-Scotia College, named in honor of the college's founding year.
• The National Alumni Association of Barber-Scotia College (NAABS)
• Sabers
• Skilldora Partnership

Products and services

• Academic Degree Programs Traditional four-year liberal arts degree programs offered to undergraduate students through four academic schools at Barber-Scotia College's campus in Concord, North Carolina.
• Skilldora Online Certification Programs Online certification programs in AI, machine learning, digital marketing, agile coaching, scrum master, strategic partnerships, supplier readiness, emotional intelligence, and stock investing, delivered via the Skilldora platform with AI Digital Human Instructors for adult learners and professionals.
• Populi Learning Management System Populi-based student portal and course delivery platform used for academic administration and learning management at Barber-Scotia College.
• Sabers Intercollegiate Athletics Program Intercollegiate athletics programs under the Sabers mascot, delivered through New South Athletic Conference (NSAC) membership beginning Fall 2025, including football and men's and women's basketball.

Quantifiable outcome

• Last year's gala generated over $60,000 in support of Barber-Scotia College

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Spelman College: Spelman is a large, well-resourced private HBCU liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, GA — the dominant incumbent in the heritage Black women's liberal arts space. It represents the aspirational peer and sets the competitive ceiling for brand, selectivity, and resources that small HBCUs like Barber-Scotia benchmark against.

Emerging players

• Coursera: Coursera is a global online learning and certification platform that competes in the same adult-learner AI and professional certification category that Barber-Scotia enters via Skilldora. Relevant as the broader-market reference for what scale and pricing the certification channel could achieve.

Regional players

• Johnson C. Smith University: JCSU is a private HBCU in Charlotte, NC, also Presbyterian-affiliated — a regional peer competing with Barber-Scotia for the same Charlotte-metro undergraduate market, alumni donors, and faculty pool, though at a larger scale.
• Shaw University: Shaw University is a private HBCU in Raleigh, NC, with overlapping programmatic offerings and the same regional undergraduate draw. Comparable as a North Carolina HBCU peer, though Shaw operates a wider array of professional and graduate programs.

Direct peers

• Morris Brown College: Morris Brown College is a small private HBCU in Atlanta, GA, that lost its accreditation and regained it — making it one of the most directly relevant peers for Barber-Scotia on the accreditation-recovery arc and small-HBCU operating model.
• Paine College: Paine College is a small private HBCU in Augusta, GA, historically affiliated with the Methodist and CME Churches. Comparable to Barber-Scotia in scale, faith-based heritage, and reliance on a narrow set of academic programs to serve a traditional undergraduate population.
• Talladega College: Talladega College is a small private HBCU liberal arts institution in Alabama with comparable size, religious heritage, and programmatic mix. It has similarly navigated accreditation and enrollment pressures, making it a directly relevant operating comparison.
• Bennett College: Bennett College is a small private HBCU women's liberal arts college in Greensboro, NC — the closest comparable institution in mission, scale, geography, and student profile to Barber-Scotia College. Both are heritage HBCUs operating at small scale with comparable programmatic mixes and similarly constrained resources.
• Livingstone College: Livingstone College is a private HBCU in Salisbury, NC, affiliated with the AME Zion Church and a member of CIAA athletics — directly comparable to Barber-Scotia as a small, private, faith-affiliated HBCU in the Carolinas competing for the same traditional undergraduate pool.

Others

• Skilldora Inc. Skilldora is the actual technology and curriculum partner powering Barber-Scotia's AI Digital Human Instructor certification line. Included as an ecosystem peer because Skilldora's platform viability, pricing, and content roadmap directly determine whether BSC's most differentiated non-degree offering can scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/BScotia1867
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@BSCRising
• Facebookfacebook.com/BScotia1867
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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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