Belmont University Data & Information Overview

This overview covers the essential stats on Belmont University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to dig deeper into a particular stat? Just click on its tile and you'll be taked to a more in-depth page on the figure. In addition, you can use the links below to quickly jump to any section on this page.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is Belmont University Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Belmont University was awarded 39 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is visual and performing arts.

Overall Quality

Belmont landed the #324 spot in College Factual's 2021 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 1,715 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Belmont also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

See all of the rankings for Belmont University.

Is It Hard to Get Into Belmont?

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Belmont University is 81%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Belmont is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 35% 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 670. Math scores were between 550 and 640.

Belmont received ACT scores from 81% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 29.

Learn more about Belmont University admissions.

Belmont University Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Belmont University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Belmont University is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Belmont University

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Belmont University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Belmont the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Belmont University.

Good Overall Diversity at Belmont

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,820 undergraduates at Belmont with 6,563 being full-time and 257 being part-time.

Belmont Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

The overall diversity score for Belmont is 80.07 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.

Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Belmont University.

How Much Does Belmont University Cost?

The overall average net price of Belmont is $35,861. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Belmont

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$25,875	$30,663	$33,387	$36,101	$42,518

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Belmont, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 37% of students took out student loans averaging $7,608 a year. That adds up to $30,432 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Belmont is 2.4%. 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.

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How Much Money Do Belmont Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Belmont make around $44,100 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Belmont students since it is 11% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

See which majors at Belmont University make the most money.

Location of Belmont University

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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

Belmont University Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 65 majors graduated from Belmont University. Of these students, 1,635 received undergraduate degrees and 545 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Arts & Media Management	406	$28,900
Nursing	151	$55,100
Music	106	$19,700
Audiovisual Communications	89	$22,000
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	71	$29,400
Communication & Media Studies	49	$26,000
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	48	NA
General Psychology	45	NA
Health & Physical Education	39	NA
Design & Applied Arts	37	$24,100

Learn more about the majors offered at Belmont University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Belmont

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2017-2018, 1,878 students took at least one online class at Belmont University. This is a decrease from the 2,448 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	1,878	22
2016-2017	2,448	17
2015-2016	1,974	17
2014-2015	1,646	9
2013-2014	1,069	6

Learn more about online learning at Belmont University.

Related Schools

If you’re considering Belmont University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Pepperdine University
• Salve Regina University
• Siena College
• Stonehill College
• Union University

Curious on how these schools stack up against Belmont? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By EVula under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.