by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Mount Olive was awarded 62 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, UMO is ranked #1,940 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
UMO also holds the #80 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
University of Mount Olive has an acceptance rate of 83%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 14% 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 490 and 570. Math scores were between 500 and 580.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, University of Mount Olive is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Mount Olive is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At University of Mount Olive this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UMO this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,350 undergraduates at UMO with 1,348 being full-time and 1,002 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,460 | $13,370 | $16,682 | $17,457 | $20,346 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMO, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UMO, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $5,927 a year. That adds up to $23,708 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.
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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 |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 117 | $42,574 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 68 | $31,694 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 61 | $39,890 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 31 | $36,953 |
| Accounting | 29 | $38,210 |
| Nursing | 27 | $68,741 |
| Human Resource Management | 27 | $40,966 |
| Health & Physical Education | 21 | $21,417 |
| Information Science | 15 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 15 | $35,923 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,774 students took at least one online class at University of Mount Olive. This is a decrease from the 2,198 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,774 | 1,298 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,198 | 1,457 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,006 | 1,605 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,999 | 497 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,892 | 499 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Mount Olive.
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Footnotes
*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.
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