Belmont Abbey College Overview

Located in Belmont, North Carolina, Belmont Abbey College is a private not-for-profit institution. Belmont is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Belmont Abbey College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at BAC.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 61% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Belmont Abbey College?

Contact details for BAC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Belmont-Mt Holly Road, Belmont, NC 28012-1802
Phone:	704-461-6700
Website:	www.belmontabbeycollege.edu

How Do I Get Into BAC?

You can apply to BAC online at: www1.cfnc.org/applications/nc_independents_common_app/apply.html?application_id=1555

Admission Requirements for BAC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into BAC?

Since BAC has an acceptance rate of 99%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 49% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 99%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% of students accepted to BAC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 560. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

BAC received ACT scores from 47% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Belmont Abbey College?

The overall average net price of BAC is $25,080. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At BAC, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $5,946 a year. That adds up to $23,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BAC is 12.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Belmont Abbey College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,556 undergraduate students at BAC, with 1,440 being full-time and 116 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,440 full-time undergraduates at BAC, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Belmont Abbey College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	28
Black or African American	185
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	832
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	338

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Belmont Abbey College. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at BAC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, New Zealand, and Germany.

Online Learning at Belmont Abbey College

In 2017-2018, 123 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BAC has changed over the last few years.

Belmont Abbey College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	79	79
Accounting	31	31
Health & Physical Education	31	31
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25	25
General Education	24	24
Criminal Justice & Corrections	22	22
Liberal Arts General Studies	21	21
General Biology	17	17
General Psychology	15	15
History	12	12
General English Literature	7	7
Mathematics	7	7
Philosophy	5	5
Political Science & Government	5	5
Theological & Ministerial Studies	5	5
Marketing	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0
Economics	0	0
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0
TOTAL	306	306

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
• Image Credit: By Upstateherd under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.