634 Henderson St.
Mount Olive College, N.C. 28365

Mount Olive College is a private college sponsored by the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists and is rooted in a liberal arts tradition. Mount Olive has additional locations in Goldsboro, New Bern, the Research Triangle Park, Washington, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The college is dedicated to developing students in an environment enriched with Christian values.

Mount Olive College has three academic schools, which includes the Tillman School of business, School of Arts and Sciences, and School of Professional Studies. Departments and programs offered through these three schools are art and visual communication, history and social studies, language and literature, music, religion, science and mathematics, accounting, business management, computer information systems, human resource management, agribusiness, criminal justice, early childhood education, psychology, recreation/leisure studies, and a teacher education program.

Mount Olive's evening programs for working adults is an accelerated, modular format program with classes held one night or Saturday per week for a specific number of weeks. Programs available are the heritage program, management and organizational development, criminal justice and criminology, modular religion major, early childhood education, health care management, and management of information systems. These programs are conveniently offered at all Mount Olive College locations.

Quick Facts

Mount Olive's 138-acre campus is located in the rural town of Mount Olive, North Carolina. It is 65 miles from Raleigh and 75 miles west of Wilmington.

The college offers more than 40 majors leading to a bachelor's degree as well as minors and concentrations in a number of areas of study.

Mount Olive College's student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1, with an average class size of 24.

Mount Olive confers Associate of Art, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Applied Science degrees.

There are more than 30 student organizations including Alpha Chi, Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Sigma Lamda, Art Club, Campus Activity Board, College Ambassadors, College Choir, Commuters' Organization, Criminal Justice Club, Delta Pi Delta, English Society, Environmental Awareness Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Fellowship of Christian Students, Free Will Baptist Fellowship, Free Spirit, Henderson Science Club, International Club, Mount Olive College Cheerleaders, Mount Olive College Political Forum, Mount Olive College Singers, Mount Olive Undergraduate Alumni Association, Mount Olive Community Ensemble, The Music Club, and 13 other clubs and organizations.

The intercollegiate sports compete in NCAA Division II, with 35 percent of the student body participating in intercollegiate and intramural sports.

More than 90 percent of students receive financial assistance.

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