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 3% student loan default rate at Belmont is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Belmont is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 45% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Belmont makes roughly $44,100 a year. This is 8% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Belmont student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Belmont University Rankings

Belmont is ranked #243 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Belmont also holds the #3 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Belmont has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#110	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#244	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Belmont.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Communications Technology/Support Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#42	Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#120	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#136	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Belmont has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Audiovisual Communications Schools	College Factual
#5	Best Arts & Media Management Schools	College Factual
#15	Best Communications Technologies & Support Schools	College Factual
#64	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#87	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#199	Best Healthcare Schools	Healthcare Degree Search

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BelmontUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BelmontUniv

How Do I Get Into Belmont?

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

Admission Requirements for Belmont

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	recommended
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Belmont?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, Belmont may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 30% of accepted students are men and 70% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% 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 580 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

Belmont received ACT scores from 72% 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 27. Composite scores were between 23 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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $8,350 a year. That adds up to $33,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Belmont is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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.

Online Learning at Belmont University

In 2019-2020, 5,111 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Belmont has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Belmont

The following table shows how Belmont is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Biology	#19	#16
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	#22	#19

Online Growth Rankings of Belmont

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Belmont University was 110.8%. This is the #393 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Belmont regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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	504	0	0	504
Nursing	204	31	11	246
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	12	36	79	127
Music	107	17	0	124
General Business/Commerce	40	71	0	111
Law	0	0	100	100
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1	0	92	93
Health & Physical Education	42	42	0	84
Audiovisual Communications	75	3	0	78
Accounting	31	31	0	62
Design & Applied Arts	60	0	0	60
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	59	0	0	59
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	50	0	0	50
General Psychology	48	0	0	48
General English Literature	33	9	0	42
Marketing	40	0	0	40
Communication & Media Studies	39	0	0	39
Business Administration & Management	18	16	0	34
Liberal Arts General Studies	31	0	0	31
General Biology	30	0	0	30
Business/Managerial Economics	30	0	0	30
Entrepreneurial Studies	28	0	0	28
Public Relations & Advertising	28	0	0	28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	7	21	0	28
Social Work	27	0	0	27
Journalism	22	0	0	22
Finance & Financial Management	20	0	0	20
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	20	0	0	20
Political Science & Government	18	0	0	18
Mental & Social Health Services	0	16	0	16
Teacher Education Subject Specific	13	2	0	15
Drama & Theater Arts	15	0	0	15
Other Education	0	13	0	13
Romance Languages	12	0	0	12
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	11	0	0	11
History	9	0	0	9
International Business	8	0	0	8
Management Information Systems	8	0	0	8
Fine & Studio Arts	8	0	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	7	0	0	7
Publishing	7	0	0	7
Computer Information Systems	7	0	0	7
Religious Studies	7	0	0	7
Sociology	7	0	0	7
Mathematics	6	0	0	6
Chemistry	6	0	0	6
Germanic Languages	5	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	5	0	0	5
Computer Software & Applications	4	0	0	4
Educational Administration	4	0	0	4
Philosophy	4	0	0	4
International Relations & National Security	4	0	0	4
Area Studies	3	0	0	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2	0	0	2
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	2	0	0	2
Physics	2	0	0	2
Engineering Physics	1	0	0	1
General Philosophy & Religious Studies	1	0	0	1
Special Education	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0
Biblical Studies	0	0	0	0
Sacred Music	0	0	0	0
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,792	308	282	2,382

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
• Image Credit: By EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.