Belmont Abbey College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Belmont Abbey College

Belmont Abbey College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Belmont, North Carolina (suburb: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 1,276 students of which 1,684 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Belmont Abbey College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 74.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,099 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,639, with published in-state tuition of $19,500 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 46.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 70.4%. Graduates earn a median of $47,937 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,816 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 104500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.