Belmont University Overview

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University is a private not-for-profit institution. Nashville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Belmont University Known For?

• The highest award offered at Belmont is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period59% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Belmont with a bachelor's degree make about $55,930 a year. That's 37% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Belmont student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Belmont University?

Contact details for Belmont are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212-3757
Phone:	615-460-6000
Website:	www.belmont.edu

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How Do I Get Into Belmont?

You can apply to Belmont online at: https://www.belmont.edu/admissions/apply/freshmen/index.html

Admission Requirements for Belmont

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Belmont?

Since Belmont has an acceptance rate of 96%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% of students accepted to Belmont submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 560 and 650.

Belmont received ACT scores from 43% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 21 and 0. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Belmont University?

The overall average net price of Belmont is $45,080. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Belmont, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $8,365 a year. That adds up to $33,460 over four years for those students.

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Belmont University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,631 undergraduate students at Belmont, with 6,330 being full-time and 301 being part-time.

There are also 1,573 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,330 full-time undergraduates at Belmont, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Belmont University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	149
Black or African American	315
Hispanic or Latino	440
White	5,014
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	370

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Belmont University. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 41 countries are represented at Belmont. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Brazil.

Belmont University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Arts & Media Management	410	0	0	410
Nursing	205	16	12	233
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	10	38	76	124
Music	97	27	0	124
Law	0	0	111	111
General Business/Commerce	32	78	0	110
Audiovisual Communications	94	14	0	108
Health & Physical Education	46	46	0	92
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1	0	69	70
General Psychology	53	0	0	53
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	52	0	0	52
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	52	0	0	52
General Biology	50	0	0	50
Design & Applied Arts	47	0	0	47
Communication & Media Studies	40	0	0	40
Accounting	20	17	0	37
Marketing	34	0	0	34
Public Relations & Advertising	9	25	0	34
General English Literature	25	4	0	29
Teacher Education Grade Specific	13	13	0	26
Business Administration & Management	12	13	0	25
Entrepreneurial Studies	24	0	0	24
Business/Managerial Economics	23	0	0	23
Social Work	23	0	0	23
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	22	0	0	22
Journalism	22	0	0	22
Drama & Theater Arts	21	0	0	21
Finance & Financial Management	19	0	0	19
Fine & Studio Arts	14	4	0	18
Publishing	17	0	0	17
Mental & Social Health Services	0	15	0	15
Political Science & Government	15	0	0	15
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	15	0	0	15
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13	1	0	14
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	12	0	0	12
Liberal Arts General Studies	12	0	0	12
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	11	0	0	11
Public Health	11	0	0	11
International Business	10	0	0	10
Computer Information Systems	10	0	0	10
Sociology	9	0	0	9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	8	0	0	8
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	7	0	0	7
Romance Languages	7	0	0	7
Mathematics	6	0	0	6
Chemistry	6	0	0	6
Philosophy	5	0	0	5
Germanic Languages	4	0	0	4
History	4	0	0	4
Natural Resources Conservation	4	0	0	4
Religious Studies	4	0	0	4
Communications Technology	3	0	0	3
International Relations & National Security	3	0	0	3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	2	0	0	2
Computer Software & Applications	2	0	0	2
Applied Mathematics	2	0	0	2
Hospitality Management	1	0	0	1
Management Information Systems	1	0	0	1
Other Education	0	1	0	1
Teaching English or French	0	1	0	1
Engineering Physics	1	0	0	1
Area Studies	1	0	0	1
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	1	0	0	1
Physics	1	0	0	1
Economics	1	0	0	1
Biblical Studies	1	0	0	1
Theological & Ministerial Studies	1	0	0	1
Architectural History	0	0	0	0
General Architecture	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,681	313	268	2,262

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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