Now is the time to discover new possibilities and new directions, to forge the unique combination of talents that makes you who you are. At Belmont Abbey, your education brings together all sides of yourself—intellectual, physical, and spiritual.

The result? A college experience that continually brings you new opportunities to connect your passions and your purpose. Here, you’ll develop the practical skills and mental agility to navigate an ever-changing job market. You’ll strengthen your sense of self and your calling. Above all, you’ll learn to critically engage the world and see the glory of God in it.

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Experts & friendsAt Belmont Abbey, our professors are nationally recognized experts and leading scholars in everything from education to botany to theology. But they’re more than just teachers. They choose to be here because they’re committed to helping each student find their passion and discover their calling. You’ll work directly with professors on writing projects, in labs, and out in the field. That pays off in how you learn and who you become.

Your introduction to the AbbeyOur First-Year Symposium introduces you to the Catholic liberal arts approach and our Benedictine values. It’s the ideal foundation for academic success, making friends, and making yourself at home. It also includes a visit with the monks and cultural or outdoor experiences.

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Today, the average college graduate can expect to have 15 different careers. Training in one narrow field won’t suffice anymore. Instead, you need to be mentally agile, to know how to master information quickly, and how to communicate and defend your ideas. Learning at the Abbey provides just that. As part of the Catholic intellectual tradition—the driving force behind the world’s greatest universities—we combine deep inquiry with opportunities that prepare you for whatever your career path brings.

69% of full-time faculty hold doctorates or terminal degrees.

Average class size: 17

Student-teacher ratio: 16:1

Our Honors Institute is your opportunity to read the great authors of Western thought and to discuss, both inside the classroom and out, life’s fundamental questions with other students, faculty, and college administrators. Along the way you’ll enjoy cultural opportunities, from Beethoven to Bluegrass, as well as special events including an academic retreat in Hilton Head, SC, and trips to destinations such as Rome, Dublin, Madrid, and Oxford.

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Honors Institute students generally receive a prestigious four-year Honors Fellowship and receive significant financial assistance annually.

We also offer the Felix Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership Program, which fosters Catholic leadership through service, and the Saint Thomas More Scholarship program, which includes an opportunity for a values-oriented internship.

Whatever your interest—whether it’s motorsports or theology, classical languages or computer science—Belmont Abbey provides the academic programs you need to pursue your goals. Integrating small classroom environments, research opportunities, networking with industry leaders, and internships all over the country—no matter your chosen major—you’ll get the kind of firsthand learning and real-world experiences it takes to turn your education into a career.

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Majors AccountingBiologyBusiness ManagementCriminal Justice & Sociology

Educational Studies Elementary EducationEnglishGovernment & Political Philosophy

HistoryMathematicsMotorsports ManagementPsychologySport ManagementTheology

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“Marketing is an extremely competitive field but Belmont Abbey prepared me well. Career Services offered me an internship with the top media company in the world: Clear Channel Media. The week my internship ended, I was offered a paid position in the promotions department. Recently I was hired by Time Warner Cable Media to build marketing strategies for companies all over the U.S.”

“Few schools offer such a specialized program that provides access to influential people within the industry. Belmont Abbey’s motorsports management program delivers the unique ability to not only learn the sport from a business perspective, but also connect with industry professionals who frequented our classes as guest speakers. In most cases, opportunities begin with people and relationships. For me, being able to establish those vital connections helped open a lot of doors.”

FAST TRACK

POWERHOUSE

Motorsports ManagementDirector of Social Media & Online Business, Jeff Gordon, Inc.

Business Management(Marketing Concentration)Time Warner Cable Media, Client Solutions Associate (Strategic Marketing Specialist)

Moses Stansberry 2013

Dan Guffey 2010

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Chess and camping. Improv workshops and social-justice campaigns. Literary magazines and student government. With more than 40 student groups and organizations, Belmont Abbey offers you lots of ways to get involved, take the lead, make a difference, and have fun. All year long, our student-run Campus Activities Board brings in comedians, musical acts, and coffeehouse performances. They also help organize major campus events like our FDOC (First Day of Class) Bash, Homecoming Block Party, the President’s Ball, and our annual Crawfish Boil on the Quad.

Living on campus. Living well. On campus, you’ve got newly renovated residence halls and a new state-of-the-art dining center. Stay fit in our newly equipped Student Fitness Center—we’ll also have over 100 new Wi-Fi spots across campus this Fall. Study or just hang out with friends at the Holy Grounds Coffee Shop. Our Wellness Center offers programs in transitioning to college life, relaxation skills, stress management, assertiveness training, herbal supplements, and weight issues—many at no charge.

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The Abbey Players, our 129-year-old theatre organization, is open to all members of the campus community. Students, faculty, staff—even monks—regularly appear in the six main-stage shows we produce each year. Along with staging a wide repertoire of drama, comedy and musicals, we also put on the Abbey Shakespeare Series, an ongoing project dedicated to producing each of Shakespeare’s plays. Not into acting? Students interested in technical work build sets, run lights and sound plots, and oversee shows with state-of-the-art equipment.

Heard, not sceneBeyond theatre, Belmont Abbey is home to a vibrant arts community, which includes Arts at the Abbey, our free cultural series that brings a wide variety of artists to campus, and the Abbey Chorus, a choral ensemble that performs sacred and secular works.

A minor leading to major rolesStudy performance or technical aspects of theatre with our minor in Theatre Arts. Whichever direction you choose, in your senior year you’ll help create a full production as part of your practicum experience. Our student performers and technicians have consistently been accepted into competitive M.F.A. and theatre programs.

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Ten minutes away is Charlotte, home to Fortune 500 companies, world-class museums, shopping, and all kinds of nightlife and entertainment. Like sports? Here you can catch NASCAR, the Panthers, the Hornets, the Knights, the Checkers, nearly anything you could want. Charlotte is even home to the U.S. National Whitewater Olympic Training Center.

Just a short walk from campus is downtown Belmont and its restaurants and shops. Friendly, quaint, and safe, Belmont is the kind of small town that will close down its Main Street to host free weekend concerts during the summer months.

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“Had I not experienced the Abbey, I don’t think I would be in Congress today. I don’t think I would be as happy personally and have a fulfilled spiritual life and fulfilled personal life as I do without my Abbey education and training. It’s those monks that are on campus and those professors that gave me just a little bit more than I could have experienced at any other institution.”

“Belmont Abbey has bettered my life in countless ways. With excellent academics, vibrant enthusiasm for the Catholic faith, and especially the professors’ genuine concern for each student’s well-being and success, I could not have picked a better place to earn my degree. I feel incredibly well prepared for life, and I could not be more grateful for the blessing of my years at the Abbey.”

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HistoryUS Representative for North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District

Jessica Brushaber 2014 Patrick McHenry 1999

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Reverence for the sacred, awareness of the profound dignity of each person, service to others as an expression of love for God—these are the Benedictine values Belmont Abbey lives by and seeks to instill in students. All of this is summed up in the Benedictine motto “Ora et Labora,” “prayer and work.” Prayer happens in many ways on campus—with the monks, in the St. Joseph Adoration Chapel and the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, and within faith-based student groups. And work—the recognition of your vocation—starts in the classroom and extends throughout the community.

Spiritual growth in communityWe encourage students to use their unique talents to serve the campus and local community and to live an integrated Christian life. Opportunities for spiritual growth include daily Mass, community worship services, Rosary in the Quad, and day retreats with the Abbot. The Fellowship of Catholic University Students also runs 20+ Bible studies. Our household system enables students to form small Christ-centered groups that create deep relationships based on faith.

The heart of our spiritAt the heart of spiritual life on campus is our historic Abbey Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians, which celebrates Mass three times each weekend. Mass with the monks takes place every weekday, and you can join them for daily prayers and evening Vespers. Mass is also held every Tuesday morning in the St. Joseph Adoration Chapel.

As a Benedictine institution, we welcome students of all faiths and strive to instill in them a habit of worship that cultivates their personal spirituality.

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With 21 sports teams—19 varsity and two junior varsity—competing in NCAA Division II as part of the Conference Carolinas, Belmont Abbey is known as a strong contender with regional and national titles. If you’re looking to keep playing a sport, this is the opportunity to raise your game and integrate athletics with the rest of your college experience. We don’t expect you to choose between being a student and being an athlete. This means your coaches and professors work together with each other and with you to ensure you have all you need to be successful—on the field and off.

Division 2 Free weights & whitewaterOur athletic facilities include a newly renovated fitness center that houses cardio equipment, weight machines and free weights, and space for aerobics and stretching. Want more? You’ve got free access to the Belmont YMCA, which features a pool and exercise classes. Also, nearby is the U.S. National Whitewater Center where you can hone your rafting skills in a custom-made whitewater river.

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Sport & virtueAthletics at Belmont Abbey is about more than competition. We see it as a way to develop virtue, honesty, and integrity in our athletes. And this isn’t just talk: we’ve won the Messick Award, the highest sportsmanship honor within our conference, three times, and hold a league record with seven teams recognized for sportsmanship in their sports.

We bring employers to you.Meet potential employers, network with professionals in your field, talk to graduate-school recruiters, and learn about available internships through our annual Career Expo and from the companies we regularly host for on-campus recruiting and interviewing.

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Helping you turn your education into a career is what our Office of Career Services and Internships is all about. Overseen by a former corporate trainer, the Office provides individualized career coaching and complete career-development services—everything from interest assessments to writing a resume to negotiating your salary. We’re also your go-to source for internships, full-time jobs, and part-time jobs in the Charlotte area.

Thinking about graduate or professional school? We can help with that too, and we’ve got the track record to prove it. Our graduates have been accepted in some of the nation’s top graduate schools and medical schools, including:

The University of ChicagoThe University of Notre DameGeorgetown School of Foreign ServiceThe University of Michigan Law SchoolWilliam and Mary Law SchoolBowman Gray School of MedicineBaylor UniversityThe University of DallasLoyola University of Chicago

We have a 100% placement rate for graduates applying to medical, dental, and veterinary schools.

“The community at Belmont Abbey is like no other. I was challenged by my peers, professors and the monks to take advantage of every opportunity that I had at the Abbey, including daily mass and confession and a beautiful adoration chapel outside my door. I was also able to find a career that I absolutely love and I am excited to continue developing skills and talents to help me succeed.”

“Belmont Abbey truly exemplifies what it means to educate the whole person—mind, body and spirit—and I found opportunities and activities to support my learning, growth and development in all three areas. Having access to professors outside the classroom allowed me to explore areas of interest to me beyond the course curriculum. I think that is something that makes The Abbey unique.”

MarketingNASCAR Hall of Fame, Manager, Corporate Partnerships

Accounting Major Accountant at Mel Jackson Tax & Accounting

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Jessica Jasso 2014

Mike Laheta 2012

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All colleges say they strive to be more affordable and accessible. We’re actually doing it. In the last two years, we’ve reduced tuition by 33%, making us one of the most reasonably priced private colleges in the country. Our goal is to operate so efficiently that we run on tuition alone and apply our fundraising solely to student success—not to operating costs. This approach enables us to keep tuition costs down while reducing our students’ need for state and federal financial aid.

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In addition to lowering our price, we provide many scholarships. These include: • The Honors Fellowship • Felix Hintemeyer Catholic

Leadership Award • The Thomas More

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While the average tuition at colleges and universities has risen 440% in the past 25 years, we reduced ours by 33% in one year alone.

More than 85% of Belmont Abbey students receive financial aid; 90% receive a merit-based scholarship.

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Belmont Abbey College finds its center in Jesus Christ and believes in the development of the whole person—mind, body and spirit.

Come visit! We offer campus tours Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 2:00 p.m. Weekend group information sessions and tours are offered most Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. followed by Mass at 11:00. To schedule your visit, call us at (888) 222-0110 or go to bac.edu. We look forward to your visit!

Abbey Experience Open HouseThroughout the year, we host “Abbey Experience” sessions, special open house events that enable you to visit with other prospective students. These half-day events give you the opportunity to tour campus, talk with current students and faculty, learn about financial aid, meet with admissions counselors, and hear presentations by the President, the Academic Dean, and the Abbot.

Sunday Luncheon at The AbbeyJoin us for brunch, presentations by the President, our admissions team, and a campus tour. If you choose, you can attend morning Mass.

Campus Founded in 187610 miles west of Charlotte, N.C. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Enrollment Traditional students: 888Gender: 54% male; 46% femaleResidence: 48% N.C. residents; 48% out-of-state students; 4% international23 countries and 43 states represented

2013-2014 Freshmen ProfileAvg. ACT: 21 Avg. SAT Critical Reading: 487Avg. SAT Math: 485Avg. GPA: 3.11Average Class Size: 15

Student-Teacher Ratio: 17:1

Faculty75 full-time 69% of full-time faculty hold doctorates and/or terminal degrees.

2014-2015 Tuition ExpensesTuition & Fees: $18,500Freshman Room & Board: $5,828Unlimited Meal Plan: $4,466

AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, N.C. Department of Public Instruction

Admissions ProcessRolling Admissions Deposit deadline of May 1st.

Financial Aid85% of Belmont Abbey full-time freshmen receive some form of financial aid. We offer merit scholarships based on academic history. Athletic grants and need-based aid are also available.

MajorsAccountingBiologyBusinessCriminal Justice Education: - Elementary Education - Educational StudiesEnglishGovernment & Political PhilosophyHistoryLiberal Studies (ADP)MathematicsMotorsports ManagementPsychologySport ManagementTheology

Minors(minor programs with no associated major are in bold) AccountingBiologyBusiness: - Business Management - Entrepreneurship

ChemistryClassical LanguagesComputer Studies: - Information Systems - Computer ScienceEconomicsEducationEnglishFinance Government & Political PhilosophyHistoryInterdisciplinary MinorInternational StudiesJustice & PeaceMathematics: - Mathematics - Physics-MathematicsMedieval StudiesMotorsports ManagementPre-LawPsychologySport ManagementTheatre ArtsTheology

ConcentrationsBiology: - Environmental ScienceBusiness: - Accounting - Actuarial Science - Economics - Entrepreneurship - General Business (ADP) - International Business - Management

- Management Information Systems - Marketing - Motorsports Management - Sport ManagementMathematics: - Actuarial Science - Physics

Clubs & OrganizationsAbbey CheerleadersAbbey VolunteersAgora (literary magazine and club)

Art ClubBallroom Dancing ClubBelmont Abbey Improv TroupeBowling Club of Belmont Abbey College

Brothers of Christ, Sons of Mary Household

Campus Activities Board (CAB)Chess ClubChi Alpha Sigma Honor SocietyCollege RepublicansCrusaders for LifeDebate Club and ISI Discussion Club

Faithful Daughters HouseholdGreek CouncilGreen TeamInternational ClubMath ClubMilitary Leadership OrganizationMotorsports ClubOutdoor Adventure ClubPsychology Club

Society of Catholic TraditionStudent Government Association (SGA)

Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC)

The Abbey Players (theatre organization)

The Crusader (student newspaper)

XCEL Women’s Fitness Club

Unique Scholarship ProgramsHonors Institute Hintemeyer Catholic Leadership St. Thomas More Scholars These programs require an additional application.

RecognitionThe Cardinal Newman Society calls Belmont Abbey one of the top Catholic colleges in America for faithfulness and affordability.

First Things magazine named us America’s #1 “School On The Rise, Filled With Excitement.”

We have received a “Top-Tier Ranking” by U.S. News and World Report.

We were named “A Best Southeastern College” by The Princeton Review.

100 Belmont-Mt Holly Rd.Belmont, NC 28012

www.belmontabbeycollege.edu

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