The primary administration building, White Hall, and the Mary McLeod Bethune Home are historic venues.

Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in 1904.

Since 2000, campus improvements have included the construction of the Center for Civic Engagement, the L. Gale Lemerand School of Nursing, the creation of the Alexis Pugh and Eugene Zimmerman Scholarship houses, and the provision of a university-owned house as an alumni center.

[11][12][13] During her address, a majority of the crowd booed DeVos, with students standing up and turning their backs to her.

[15] The university was placed on probation by its regional accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, in the summer of 2018.

The nursing program had been placed on probation by its accreditor a few months earlier, related to academic issues.

[3] For 2024, U.S. News & World Report listed B-CU as the 6th least expensive private college in the United States.

Harrison, along with his sister Margaret, championed the then Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls.

[26] Bethune-Cookman is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and participates in NCAA Division I FCS.