Study abroad at Salisbury

Salisbury (home of Livingstone College) is a historic, charming college town in the Piedmont region of North Carolina within the booming Charlotte metropolitan area, situated just 40 minutes northeast of Downtown Charlotte (America's 2nd largest banking hub) and 45 minutes south of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Celebrated for its five National Register historic districts, beautiful Victorian architecture, historic Bell Tower Green Park, thriving arts and theater culture (Piedmont Players Theatre and Waterworks Visual Arts Center), and low cost of living. Salisbury is the proud historic home of Livingstone College (founded in 1879 by Dr. Joseph Charles Price, a premier private historically Black college / HBCU accredited by SACSCOC with a historic 272-acre tree-lined campus). Livingstone College is nationally acclaimed for its School of Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts (housed in the state-of-the-art Livingstone College Hospitality Management Training Center), Division of Business (Computer Information Systems and Business Administration), Division of Mathematics and Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, and Pre-Med), Division of Education, and Criminal Justice, alongside neighboring Catawba College. Degrees are taught 100% in English with prestigious US regional accreditations. International students benefit from an empowering close-knit family environment (12:1 student-to-faculty ratio), generous Livingstone Presidential and Blue Bear International Merit Scholarships ($5,000 to $12,000/year), low living expenses, and direct US F-1 / I-20 Student Visa support with 3-year STEM OPT work extensions.

Tuition fees in Salisbury for international undergraduate students at Livingstone College are highly affordable, ranging between $17,500 and $18,900 per academic year for Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts, Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, and Biology (with Livingstone College awarding generous Blue Bear International Scholarships and Presidential Merit Awards discounting $5,000 to $12,000/year from tuition, bringing net tuition down to an extraordinarily accessible $8,500–$12,500/year). Modern on-campus student residence halls (Livingstone Goler Hall, Dancy Hall, Tucker Hall, Honors Hall) cost between $600 and $950 per month (inclusive of full dining meal plans, utilities, and high-speed Wi-Fi), while off-campus student apartments in Salisbury and West Innes Street range from $450 to $750 per month. General monthly living expenses range between $650 and $1,050 (among the most affordable in North Carolina).

International students require a US F-1 Student Visa. Upon academic admission and verification of financial documentation (bank statement certifying first-year tuition and living expenses minus scholarship awards), the Office of International Programs (Livingstone DSO) issues the official Form I-20. The student pays the SEVIS I-901 fee, completes the DS-160 online visa application, and attends the F-1 visa interview at the US Embassy or Consulate. STEM graduates qualify for a 24-month OPT extension (total 36 months of US employment authorization).