Livingstone College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Livingstone College is a private, four-year college located in Salisbury, North Carolina. It was founded in 1879. The college is spread across an area of 272 acres. It offers bachelor’s degrees in several subjects, including arts, science, fine arts and social work. The college also offers programs on continuing education and operates several academic divisions:

• Division of Business
• Division of Education and Social Work
• Division of Liberal Arts
• Division of Mathematics and Sciences

Livingstone College offers several opportunities for students to participate in religious, social and cultural activities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in music, security and law enforcement, and family and social work.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Livingstone is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 994 in 2009-2010 (984 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 90% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Livingstone provides on-campus housing for 938 of its 984 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 116 male students received the aid (men were 69% of those receiving aid) and 53 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 31% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (34 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (8 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (13 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (29 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (8 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (7 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (6 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (19 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology