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Livingstone College also holds the #92 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
Livingstone College was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
If you're applying to Livingstone College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 17% 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 400 and 500. Math scores were between 400 and 460.
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.
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 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Livingstone College is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Livingstone College is 18%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Livingstone College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 845 undergraduates at Livingstone College with 838 being full-time and 7 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,822 | $14,789 | $16,340 | $19,975 | $25,069 |
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.
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 79% of students took out student loans averaging $6,601 a year. That adds up to $26,404 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Livingstone College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Livingstone College.
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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 20 | $25,757 |
| Social Work | 18 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 17 | $21,427 |
| General Biology | 16 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 14 | $27,405 |
| Hospitality Management | 11 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 10 | NA |
| General Psychology | 10 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 9 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 8 | $21,640 |
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 2022-2023, 66 students took at least one online class at Livingstone College. This is a decrease from the 147 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 66 | 66 |
| 2021-2022 | 147 | 107 |
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
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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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