>>Location: Belmont, NC--10 minutes from Charlotte, NC

>>Founded date: 1876

>>Affiliation: Catholic Benedictine

>>Enrollment: 1330 (includes Traditional and Adult Degree Program students)

>>Student/faculty ratio is 16:1

>>Class size average: 17 students

>>Students from 20 different countries

>>The average winter temperature ranges from 31-50 degrees F

>>The average summer temperature ranges from 69-88 degrees F

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If you are searching for a superior education, a welcoming home, excellent scholarships, challenging athletics, and a place where teachers are committed to your success, you have found them all. If you are seeking a place where you can grow mind, body and spirit, this is that place. You have found it. Right here.

We are ranked one of the top comprehensive liberal arts and professional studies colleges in the South by U.S. News and World Report and celebrate excellence and virtue steeped in our 129 year Catholic college, Catholic, Benedictine heritage. We are home to students from over 28 states and 20 countries and welcome everyone, from any background or tradition, committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. We welcome you to visit our North Carolina College, here in Belmont, only minutes from Charlotte.

April 30th, 2008
Created and Redeemed Adult Faith Formation Seminar---On October 17th and 18th, join Christopher West for a thought-provoking presentation that will enrich your understanding of human sexuality and the spiritual power it contains. Learn more…

April 22nd, 2008
ABBEY LITERARY AND PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED. Be inspired by their beautifully-crafted work. Go here to enjoy the new edition of Agora, the Abbey's student-edited literary magazine.

April 21st, 2008
MEN'S LACROSSE SHOCKS THIRD-RANKED LIMESTONE

April 15th, 2008
THREE ABBEY MEN'S LACROSSE PLAYERS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS; DIETSCH NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR

April 10th, 2008
BELMONT ABBEY AWARDS $100,000 CRESCAT SCHOLARSHIP TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA STUDENT

April 9th, 2008
A Call to Joy—Join Matthew Kelly, world renowned speaker and author, on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 8:00pm for an adventurous journey of the soul. Learn More…

December 12th, 2007
Three R's - One Las Vegas man combines racing, religion and rectitude to achieve dream BY MATT WARD

September 4th, 2007
$75,000 MOTORSPORTS SCHOLARSHIP HONORS HUMPY WHEELER First Scholarship for Belmont Abbey MotorSports Program established by the Hornets Nest Region Antique Car Group to Honor Humpy Wheeler.

July 26th, 2007
Belmont Abbey College Names Head Coaches For Men’s and Women’s Hoops, Men’s Lacrosse

June 27th, 2007
Belmont Abbey College Appoints Dick Dull Athletic Director For Division II School

January 29th, 2007
Abbey eyes maternity home Site would house pregnant women,kids

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