Colleges

Colleges In Gaston County

Gaston County is home to one of the best four-year colleges in the Southeast and to one of the largest and most comprehensive community colleges in North Carolina. Belmont Abbey College, founded in 1876 by the order of St. Benedict, is North Carolina's only Catholic college. Gaston College serves students of all ages through college curriculum and continuing education programs.

Belmont Abbey College (Founded in 1876)

100 Belmont-Mount Holly Road

Belmont, NC 280121-888-222-0110

Dr. William Thierfelder - President

www.belmontabbeycollege.edu

Belmont Abbey College is a private, coeducational Catholic liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees in 17 major areas of study.

Ranked one of the best comprehensive colleges in the Southeast by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review, Belmont Abbey College celebrates excellence and virtue steeped in its Catholic Benedictine heritage. The college is home to students from over 34 states and 26 countries and welcomes everyone from any background or tradition committed to this vision of excellence and virtue. The campus consists of the College, the Monastery and the Abbey Basilica, which can be found on its sprawling 650 acres of picturesque landscape.

Just minutes from Charlotte, NC, the nation's second largest banking center, Belmont Abbey College offers students numerous internship opportunities and career placement.

The College believes in development of the whole person – mind, body and spirit. By offering a wide array of clubs and activities including Division II athletics, theatre, publications, and study abroad, Belmont Abbey College invests in the personal growth of its students.

Founded in 1876, the College celebrates its heritage and is inspired by the Benedictine monastic tradition. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the College and Abbey Basilica greet thousands of visitors each year. 

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East Campus of Gaston College in Belmont

•  www.gaston.edu

Dr. Patricia Skinner

President

Chartered in 1964 as part of the North Carolina Community College System, Gaston College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees.

Serving both Gaston and Lincoln counties, the main campus is on Highway 321 between Gastonia and Dallas. The college also has campuses in Lincolnton and Belmont and operates a Regional Emergency Services Training Center used by fire, police and emergency medical services organizations.

Gaston College serves more than 5,000 students each term in curriculum programs and averages more than 16,000 students annually in continuing education programs.

The East Campus and Textile Technology Center in Belmont became part of Gaston College in 2005. It was founded in 1941 as the North Carolina Vocational Textile School and was later renamed the N.C. Center for Applied Textile Technology. The center does new and sample product development, product testing, training and consulting for the textile industry. Numerous continuing education classes and some curriculum classes are offered on the campus. A planned addition to the Classroom Buiding will allow for a substantial increase in the number of curriculum classes offered on the Belmont campus.