Accounting at Belmont University

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what Belmont University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Belmont is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 8,204 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Belmont.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Belmont Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Belmont Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Belmont performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Belmont is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	183
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	223
	418
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	542

In 2021, 23 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Belmont. This makes it the #224 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Belmont

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Belmont University.

Belmont Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Belmont, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Belmont since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Belmont are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Belmont University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Belmont Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from Belmont, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Belmont University with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Belmont also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Management Information Systems
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Belmont University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	30,480	$40,380
Accountants and Auditors	19,760	$69,690
Financial Managers	15,870	$111,460
Financial Analysts	4,510	$74,870
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,650	$44,650

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.