Limestone College

Overview of Limestone College

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Even though the campus is small, there are dorms for you to stay in. No worries about having to find off-campus housing unless you want to. There’s also a dining hall and most everything else you would expect a college to have. Limestone also has a lot to offer academically. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1, which is a comfortable number of students in a class and means that you should have easy access to professors if you have any issues you need to address with them.

The small town of Gaffney, where the school is located may have a few activities or restaurants you’ll enjoy, such as visiting the museums. Or you can go relax and enjoy the sun at McCluney Park. If you don’t find something here, you might want to visit the nearby town of Spartanburg.

Top Rankings For Limestone College

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Admissions

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Tuition Cost & Financial Aid

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If you plan to live on-campus, your total expenses for two semesters will be higher than they would for an off-campus student or one who lives with their family. Your total cost will average around $41,000. This includes tuition, room and board, books, supplies, and other miscellaneous expenses. Luckily, many families are eligible for financial aid. After financial aid has been applied, your remaining cost is called the average net price. As the amount of aid you will be eligible for depends on how much your family earns in a year, that will somewhat affect your final average net price. For a recent academic year, this amount was $23,023. When broken down slightly more, by income, families who earn between $30,001 and $48,000 pay around $19,905 and families earning between $75,000 and $110,000 pay around $24,362.

A full 99% of freshmen students at Limestone College received an average of $17,747 aid in a recent year. Similarly, 95% received an average of $12,711 in institutional grants and scholarships.

Sticker Price

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Academics

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One way of gauging how a university is doing is to look at its retention rate. If you attend the college and continue attending after your first year, you’ll be included in this statistic. The retention rate measures the percentage of first-time students who return to the same campus for their sophomore year. At Limestone College, this rate is 67%, showing that there is a good chance you will appreciate your classes, teachers, and time spent here.

Unfortunately, the 4-year graduation rate is only 12%. That’s a very low statistic and may be caused by part-time attendance or a significant amount of transfers. There are a lower number of majors available here than there are at large, state schools, so it’s possible that students realize they want to go another direction and leave after gaining their general education. Additionally, since the school offers associate degrees, anyone who earns one of these would not be counted in the 4- or 6-year graduation rates. The 6-year graduation rate is 24%.

The five most popular programs at the school are business, management, marketing, and related support services; public administration and social service professions; computer and information sciences and support services; parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies; and psychology.

Student Population Total

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Outcome & Salary

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Graduates of Limestone College start out with early-career salaries of $36,700 on average and their mid-career salaries average higher at $56,400. This may not seem huge, but, after paying for college for 4 years, your return on investment (ROI) is solid. Your 10-year projected ROI is $445,558 and your 20-year projected ROI is $1,009,558 after your 4-year cost of school has been deducted.

If you’re thinking about maybe graduating high school and not going to college, you’ll be looking at a very different scenario. The national average salary for students who do not go on to higher education is $38,792. Their 10-year projected income is $387,920 and their 20-year projected income is $775,840.

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