>>-Location: Belmont, North Carolina--10 minutes west of Charlotte
>>-Founded: 1876
>>-Affiliation: Catholic, Benedictine, Private, Liberal Arts
>>-Enrollment: Nearly 1500 (includes Traditional and Adult Degree Program students)
>>-80% of Traditional students live on campus
>>-Students from 24 different countries, 34 states
>>-Class size average: 17 students
>>-Student/faculty ratio is 16:1
>>-80% of the faculty hold terminal degrees in their subject areas
>>-The average winter temperature ranges from 31-50 degrees F
>>-The average summer temperature ranges from 69-88 degrees F
The Abbey welcomes a diverse body of students and provides them with an education that will enable them to lead lives of integrity, to succeed professionally, to become responsible citizens, and to be a blessing to themselves and to others.
Belmont Abbey College enjoys an outstanding academic reputation, consistently ranking as one of the best liberal arts institutions in the South. Recent acclaim included a top-tier ranking in the “America’s Best Colleges” edition of U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as being listed as a “College of Distinction.”