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Limestone College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Gaffney, South Carolina. Gaffney is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

150 Undergraduate Degrees
32 Graduate Degrees
$33,896 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
68% Acceptance Rate

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Limestone College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#30 Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#30 Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans College Factual

Where Is Limestone College?

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Contact details for Limestone College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1115 College Drive, Gaffney, SC 29340-3799
Phone: 864-489-7151
Website: www.limestone.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LimestoneCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/at_LimestoneCo

How Do I Get Into Limestone College?

You can apply to Limestone College online at: www.limestone.edu/admissions

Admission Requirements for Limestone College

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program neither required nor recommended
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Limestone College?

68% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
45% Submit SAT Scores
Limestone College has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 45% of students accepted to Limestone College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 580. Math scores were between 490 and 580.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Limestone College  ( 490 to 580 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Limestone College  ( 490 to 580 )
200
800
Limestone College received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

ACT English Scores for Limestone College  ( 17 to 24 )
1
36
ACT Math Scores for Limestone College  ( 17 to 25 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Limestone College  ( 19 to 25 )
1
36

Can I Afford Limestone College?

$33,896 Net Price
78% Take Out Loans
10.5% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Limestone College is $33,896. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Limestone College, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $12,969 a year. That adds up to $51,876 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Limestone College is 10.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Limestone College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,399 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,818 undergraduate students at Limestone College, with 1,399 being full-time and 419 being part-time.

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There are also 125 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,399 full-time undergraduates at Limestone College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Limestone College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4
Black or African American 429
Hispanic or Latino 42
White 500
International Students 46
Other Races/Ethnicities 378

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Limestone College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 34 countries are represented at Limestone College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Limestone College

957 Took All Classes Online
1,492 Took At Least One Class Online
5.2% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 1,492 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Limestone College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 2nd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Limestone College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Limestone College was $26,300 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Limestone College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Resources Development #7 #7
Business/Managerial Economics #10 #10
Business Economics #10 #10

Online Affordability Rankings of Limestone College Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Limestone College was $26,300 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Limestone College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Human Resources Development #1 #1
Business Economics #13 #13
Interior Design Management #61 #61

Online Growth Rankings of Limestone College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Limestone College was 5.2%. This is the #1,372 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Limestone College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Limestone College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Limestone College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Business/Managerial Economics #13
Business Economics #13
Human Resources Development #51
Interior Design Management #159
Marketing/Marketing Management, General #191
Marketing #225
Human Resource Management #271

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Limestone College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Interior Design Management 0 94 30 124
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 25 0 25
General Business/Commerce 17 0 0 17
Human Resources Development 0 12 0 12
General Business Administration and Management 0 0 2 2
Business Economics 0 2 0 2
TOTAL 17 133 32 182

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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