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Limestone College Overview

Located in Gaffney, South Carolina, Limestone College is a private not-for-profit institution. Gaffney is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Limestone College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$33,896 Avg Cost After Aid
87% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Limestone College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The master's degree is the highest award offered at Limestone College.
  • In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Limestone College?

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Contact details for Limestone College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1115 College Drive, Gaffney, SC 29340-3799
Phone: 864-489-7151
Website: www.limestone.edu

How Do I Get Into Limestone College?

You can apply to Limestone College online at: www.limestone.edu/admissions

Admission Requirements for Limestone College

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Limestone College?

87% Acceptance Rate
51% Of Accepted Are Women
Limestone College has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 51% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Limestone College?

$33,896 Net Price
77% Take Out Loans
4.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Limestone College is $33,896. 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 Limestone College, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $11,046 a year. That adds up to $44,184 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Limestone College is 4.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Limestone College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,335 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,680 undergraduate students at Limestone College, with 1,335 being full-time and 345 being part-time.

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There are also 160 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,335 full-time undergraduates at Limestone College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 9
Black or African American 452
Hispanic or Latino 46
White 611
International Students 22
Other Races/Ethnicities 195

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Limestone College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 34 countries are represented at Limestone College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Limestone College

823 Took All Classes Online
1,389 Took At Least One Class Online
5.2% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 39 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at Limestone College. In 2020-2021, 1,389 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 3rd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Limestone College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Limestone College was 5.2%. This is the #1,542 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Limestone College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

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