Livingstone College

Livingstone College is a historically black Christian college located in Salisbury, North Carolina that’s affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Originally named the Zion Wesley Institute in 1879, the institution changed its name in 1887 to honour the famous African missionary David Livingstone. The Livingstone College Historic District is also a national historic district and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Livingstone College offers a variety of programs to its 1,200 students. It also has a School of Hospitality Management & Culinary Arts that is located off-campus in a renovated building that was formerly a Holiday Inn. Tuition at the college costs $27,000 a year, and only 25% of the students at Livingstone College graduate on time. Consequently, the ROI at Livingstone College leaves much to be desired at -$58,300.