University of Mount Olive Business Programs

University of Mount Olive is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Olive, North Carolina. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Mount Olive draws many to the area.

Where Is University of Mount Olive?

Contact details for UMO are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	634 Henderson St, Mount Olive, NC 28365-0919
Phone:	919-658-2502
Website:	https://www.umo.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/universityofmountolive
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/OfficialUMO

How Do I Get Into UMO?

You can apply to UMO online at: https://apply.umo.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for UMO

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UMO?

The acceptance rate at UMO is 62%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 62%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to UMO submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 560. Math scores were between 450 and 550.

UMO received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 21. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 16 and 22.

Can I Afford University of Mount Olive?

The overall average net price of UMO is $28,024. 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 UMO, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $5,445 a year. That adds up to $21,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UMO is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of Mount Olive Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,350 undergraduate students at UMO, with 1,348 being full-time and 1,002 being part-time.

There are also 186 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,348 full-time undergraduates at UMO, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Mount Olive students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	270
Hispanic or Latino	136
White	771
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	100

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of Mount Olive. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 38 countries are represented at UMO. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Spain.

Online Learning at University of Mount Olive

In 2019-2020, 2,198 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 19th most popular in North 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 UMO Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Mount Olive was $22,194 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how UMO 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
Agricultural Business	#1	#1
Agricultural Economics & Business	#2	#2
Business Statistics	#5	#5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#26	#26
Organizational Leadership	#63	#63

Online Growth Rankings of UMO

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Mount Olive was 55.7%. This is the #500 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UMO regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Agricultural Business	#1
Accounting and Business/Management	#1
Business Statistics	#4
Agricultural Economics & Business	#7
Organizational Leadership	#28
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#30
General Management Information Systems	#32
Finance	#36
Management Information Systems	#41
Finance & Financial Management	#56
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#59
Human Resource Management	#87
Accounting	#210
General Business Administration and Management	#347
Business Administration & Management	#445

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%.

University of Mount Olive Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	99	55	154
Accounting and Business/Management	0	29	0	29
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	27	0	27
Organizational Leadership	0	18	0	18
Agricultural Business	0	8	0	8
Finance	0	4	0	4
Sports Communication	0	4	0	4
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	3	0	3
Business Statistics	1	2	0	3
General Management Information Systems	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	1	197	55	253

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Mount Olive College under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.