American College of the Building Arts Overview

American College of the Building Arts is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Charleston, South Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is American College of the Building Arts Known For?

• Students at American College of the Building Arts may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 6 to 1.
• The highest award offered at American College of the Building Arts is the bachelor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 59% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is American College of the Building Arts?

Contact details for American College of the Building Arts are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	649 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403-4223
Phone:	843-577-5245
Website:	acba.edu

How Do I Get Into American College of the Building Arts?

You can apply to American College of the Building Arts online at: acba.edu/Application

Admission Requirements for American College of the Building Arts

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Considered but not required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into American College of the Building Arts?

American College of the Building Arts has the high acceptance rate of 90%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 84% of accepted students are men and 16% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to American College of the Building Arts submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 600. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

American College of the Building Arts received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford American College of the Building Arts?

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 American College of the Building Arts, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $5,444 a year. That adds up to $21,776 over four years for those students.

American College of the Building Arts Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 121 undergraduate students at American College of the Building Arts, with 118 being full-time and 3 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 118 full-time undergraduates at American College of the Building Arts, 87% are male and 13% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of American College of the Building Arts students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	109
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.