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Livingstone College Data & Information Overview

51% Acceptance Rate
31% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Livingstone College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Livingstone College Ranked?

Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

Livingstone College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Livingstone College?

51% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
21% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Livingstone College is a competitive 51%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to Livingstone College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 500. Math scores were between 390 and 488.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Livingstone College  ( 420 to 500 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Livingstone College  ( 390 to 488 )
200
800
Livingstone College received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 13 and 15.

ACT Composite Scores for Livingstone College  ( 13 to 15 )
1
36

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Livingstone College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
86% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Livingstone College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Livingstone College is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  86 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Livingstone College

58% Freshmen Retention
14% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Livingstone College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  58 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 14% for first-time, full-time students at Livingstone College, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  14 out of 100
0
100

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Livingstone College Undergraduate Student Diversity

838 Full-Time Undergraduates
94.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
48.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 845 undergraduates at Livingstone College with 838 being full-time and 7 being part-time.

How Much Does Livingstone College Cost?

$17,593 Net Price
89% Take Out Loans
$26,380 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Livingstone College is $17,593. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Livingstone College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$17,045 $17,017 $19,408 $19,734 $23,602

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Livingstone College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Livingstone College, approximately 89% of students took out student loans averaging $6,595 a year. That adds up to $26,380 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Livingstone College is 30.6%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Livingstone College Graduates Make?

$30,521 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Livingstone College make about $30,521 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. Unfortunately, this is 28% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Livingstone College

North Carolina State
838 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Salisbury, North Carolina, Livingstone College is a private not-for-profit institution. Livingstone College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for Livingstone College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 701 W Monroe St, Salisbury, NC 28144
Phone: 704-216-6000
Website: livingstone.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lcconnect1879
Twitter: http://twitter.com/livingstone1879

Livingstone College Majors

19 Majors With Completions
116 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Biology 16 NA
Business Administration & Management 16 $22,204
Criminal Justice & Corrections 16 NA
Health & Physical Education 15 NA
Social Work 11 NA
General Psychology 9 NA
Hospitality Management 7 NA
Computer Information Systems 7 NA
Mathematics 5 NA
Liberal Arts General Studies 4 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Livingstone College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Livingstone College

17% Take At Least One Class Online
12% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 147 students took at least one online class at Livingstone College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 147 107
2019-2020 0 0
2018-2019 0 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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