Belmont University Business Programs

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Belmont University Rankings

Belmont holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#42	Most Popular Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Accounting Master’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
#41	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools	College Factual
#42	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#42	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#126	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#217	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#233	Best Schools	Course Advisor

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
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 2.5%. 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 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 #326 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 Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	36	75	111
Accounting	36	23	59
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	28	0	28
Entrepreneurship	26	0	26
Business Economics	21	0	21
General Business Administration and Management	20	0	20
Interior Design Management	0	17	17
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	17	0	17
Finance	16	0	16
Management Science	13	0	13
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	6	6
International Business/Trade/Commerce	6	0	6
General Management Information Systems	2	0	2
Public Relations	2	0	2
Fashion Merchandising	1	0	1
International Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	224	121	345

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

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