College · Private nonprofit · Salisbury, NC · Suburb
Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate59%
6-yr median pay$24k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size924
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $24k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 59% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 14.
If you get in
924 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$113k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$54k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$59k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.3k
- Room & board
- $6.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants82%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans78%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $20k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention74%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr28%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$24k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$33k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 924
- Location
- Salisbury, NC
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- Livingstone College
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black87%
- Two or more races5%
- International5%
- White2%
- Hispanic1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$20k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 18
What you can study.