Belmont University sits on 84 historic acres in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, a thriving metropolis known worldwide as Music City. Belmont University is among the fastest growing Christian universities in the nation with approximately 8,400 students hailing from every state and 36 countries. Belmont University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. Belmont offers over 90 areas of undergraduate study, more than 25 master's programs and five doctoral degrees through its ten colleges: Jack C. Massey College of Business, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing, Law, Pharmacy, Theology & Christian Ministry, Science & Mathematics, Music & Performing Arts, and O'More College of Architecture, Art & Design.
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1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
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Curb Event Center
Belmont Mansion
Center for Music Business Recording Studios
Massey Courtyard
Bicentennial Mall
Music Row
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
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Belmont's Admissions Committee considers applications based on the total picture that a student's credentials present. High school students will be considered competitive for admission if they present a rigorous course of college-preparatory, academic studies. Students should have an above-average academic and cumulative grade point average and rank in the top half of their graduating class. Any college-level work is also expected to be at the above-average level. A strong correlation between high school grades and entrance examination scores is expected. The essays, list of activities, and recommendations are also strongly considered as indicators of success at Belmont. Additional requirements such as portfolios or auditions are considered in conjunction with the academic credentials for those programs that require them. Each application is considered on an individual basis. No two applicants will present the same credentials or the same "fit" with the university. Our desire is to work with each student to determine the likelihood of that student to enroll in, graduate from, and use the benefits of the Belmont educational experience.
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Belmont University
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212
615-460-6785
800-56ENROLL
Fax: 615-460-5434
admissions@belmont.edu
www.belmont.edu
CEEB Code: 1058
ACT Code: 3946
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Intent on being a leader among teaching universities, Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional education in a Christian community of learning and service. Belmont was ranked sixth on the U.S. News & World Report listing of "Best Universities" in the South and named a "Most Innovative" university for the 2019 edition of America's Best Colleges, making Belmont the highest ranked university in Tennessee in this category. Both Rolling Stone and Time magazines have hailed Belmont's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business as one of the best music business programs in the country. The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business has been named the best MBA program in the region, while Belmont's business administration and accounting programs have been accredited by AACSB International, the premier accrediting agency in that arena, placing Belmont amongst less than 1% of the world's business schools. Moreover, Belmont University's undergraduate School of Business consistently achieves a Top 100 national ranking in BusinessWeek's annual report on "The Best Undergrad B-Schools" in the U.S. Belmont's Enactus team has won multiple national championships and a World Cup.
Located in the heart of Music City, one of Belmont's consistent success stories is its world-renowned music and music business programs, including songwriting. Several big names in the music industry started their careers at Belmont including, Christian recording artists Ginny Owens and Steven Curtis Chapman, and country stars Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisley, Josh Turner and Florida Georgia Line, plus alternative rock band Judah and the Lion. The annual "Christmas at Belmont" concert showcases performing ensembles from many different genres and has been broadcast nationwide on PBS for several years.
Students who have passions outside of the music industry also have a home at Belmont. From international business and accounting to education, theology, nursing, design, journalism and the humanities, Belmont provides avenues of learning for almost any interest. Recent program additions include an undergraduate degree in legal studies, sport administration, experiential design, fashion design, fashion merchandising, interior design, in addition to, a four-year dual PharmD/MBA degree, a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and a Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
Belmont faculty members display a consistent commitment to excellence as well. Multiple professors have been awarded Fulbright awards, including a nursing professor who spent a year in Uganda as a guest lecturer while conducting research on how standards of nursing are adapted to austere conditions. Also, five Belmont professors (Finance, Psychology, Spanish, Philosophy and Mathematics) have been chosen as Tennessee Professor of the Year by CASE/Carnegie Foundation since 2000.
Belmont's boundaries extend beyond the Nashville campus through its Cool Springs campus and organized programs such as the Washington Center program and Belmont West in Los Angeles and Belmont East in New York City and Washington D.C. Study-abroad programs place students in China, Costa Rica, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, South Africa and Spain, among other foreign nations.
Majors and Degrees Offered
O'More College of Architecture, Art & Design
Architecture*
Art
Art Education
Art History
Design Communications
Experiential Design
Fashion Design
Fashion Merchandising
Interior Design
Studio Art
*Pending SACSCOC approval
Jack C. Massey College of Business
Accounting
Business Systems and Analytics
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Business
Hospitality and Tourism Management
International Business
International Economics
Management
Marketing
Social Entrepreneurship
Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business
Audio Engineering Technology
Creative and Entertainment Studies
Music Business
Songwriting
Department of Cinema, Television & Media
Audio and Video Production
Journalism
Mass Communication
Motion Pictures
Multimedia Production
Publishing
Video Production
Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing
Exercise Science
Nursing
Public Health
Social Work
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
School of Education
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Secondary Education
School of Humanities
Asian Studies
English
French
German
Philosophy
Spanish
School of Social Sciences
Communication Studies
Corporate Communication
History
International Politics
Political Science
Politics & Public Law
Public Relations
Social Media Management
Sociology
Sport Administration
College of Music & Performing Arts
Department of Theatre & Dance
Theatre Directing
Theatre & Drama
Theatre Education
Theatre Performance
Theatre Production Design
School of Music
Church Music
Commercial Music
Music (Bachelor of Arts)
Music Composition
Music Education
Music Performance
Music Theory
Music Therapy
Music with an Outside Minor
Musical Theatre
Piano Pedagogy
College of Sciences & Mathematics
Applied Mathematics
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biophysics
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Data Science
Engineering Physics
Environmental Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Pharmaceutical Studies
Physics
Psychology
Web Programming & Development
College of Theology & Christian Ministry
Biblical Languages
Biblical Studies
Christian Leadership
Church Leadership & Administration
Faith & Social Justice
Philosophy of Religion
Religion & the Arts
Religious Studies
Worship Leadership
Interdisciplinary Programs
Global Leadership Studies
Legal Studies
Pre-Professional Programs Available In:
Pre-Allied Health
Pre-Dental
Pre-Law
Pre-Medical
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Pharmacy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Veterinary
Faculty and Class Information
Majors
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AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
Asian Studies/Civilization.
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BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
Neuroscience.
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BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
Accounting.
Business/Commerce, General.
Business/Managerial Economics.
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies.
Finance, General.
Hospitality Administration/Management, General.
International Business/Trade/Commerce.
Management Information Systems, General.
Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
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COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
Broadcast Journalism.
Communication and Media Studies, Other.
Journalism.
Mass Communication/Media Studies.
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.
Public Relations/Image Management.
Publishing.
Speech Communication and Rhetoric.
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COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
Recording Arts Technology/Technician.
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COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
Computer and Information Sciences, General.
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design.
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EDUCATION.
Art Teacher Education.
Drama and Dance Teacher Education.
Early Childhood Education and Teaching.
Education, General.
Elementary Education and Teaching.
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching.
Music Teacher Education.
Secondary Education and Teaching.
Urban Education and Leadership.
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ENGINEERING.
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
English Language and Literature, General.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
French Language and Literature.
German Language and Literature.
Spanish Language and Literature.
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HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
Health/Medical Physics.
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor.
Music Therapy/Therapist.
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Public Health, General.
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.
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HISTORY.
History, General.
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LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND STUDIES.
Law.
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LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
General Studies.
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
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MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
Applied Mathematics, Other.
Mathematics, General.
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MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES.
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
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NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
Environmental Science.
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PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES.
Kinesiology and Exercise Science.
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management.
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PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
Philosophy and Religious Studies, General.
Philosophy.
Religion/Religious Studies, Other.
Religion/Religious Studies.
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
Chemistry, General.
Physics, General.
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PSYCHOLOGY.
Psychology, General.
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS.
Social Work.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES.
International Economics.
International Relations and Affairs.
Political Science and Government, General.
Political Science and Government, Other.
Sociology.
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THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS.
Divinity/Ministry.
Theology and Religious Vocations, Other.
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VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
Acting.
Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
Art/Art Studies, General.
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other.
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General.
Cinematography and Film/Video Production.
Design and Visual Communications, General.
Directing and Theatrical Production.
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
Fine/Studio Arts, General.
Music Management.
Music Performance, General.
Music Theory and Composition.
Music, General.
Music, Other.
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology.
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Tuition, Room, Board and Fees
The total cost of attending Belmont is only 80 percent of the national average for a private college. For a full-time undergraduate student living on campus, the total cost for the 2019-20 academic year is approximately $48,170 which includes tuition, fees, room, and board.
Financial Aid
The financial aid program at Belmont combines merit-based assistance with need-based assistance to make the university education affordable. Institutional merit awards range from highly selective full-tuition Presidential Scholarships to various levels of partial merit awards. Athletic and artistic scholarships are also available. Belmont also administers traditional state and federal financial aid programs. Campus employment is available. A monthly tuition payment plan is available. To apply for need-based financial assistance, the student must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA Code: 003479
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Belmont's campus life offers 150+ clubs and organizations. The popular intramurals program includes everything from flag football and basketball to wiffleball and dodgeball. With more than half of Belmont's undergrads living on campus there's always something going on from socials, movie nights and concerts to the annual Fall Follies and Curb College Showcase Series.
And in terms of student activities, there's a club or group for nearly every interest. Belmont is home to six nationally recognized sororities and three nationally recognized fraternities representing NPC, IFC and NPHC. The Bruins are big on giving back, too, logging more than 200,000 hours of community service annually.
Athletics
In addition to celebrating academic excellence and phenomenal growth, Belmont boasts 17 intercollegiate sports teams. The Belmont Bruins men's basketball team won the Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and made its eighth appearance in the NCAA National Tournament in 2019. The Belmont Bruins women's basketball team has made four consecutive appearances in the NCAA National Tournament during the years 2016-2019. Baseball, both cross country teams, and the volleyball team have earned recent conference titles. Belmont student-athletes excel in the classroom, too, as Belmont has won the conference's All-Academic Trophy multiple times. The award is given annually to the conference school with the greatest percentage of student-athletes who earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
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Location
Belmont University occupies an 84-acre campus in Nashville, Tennessee, just two miles from downtown and adjacent to the world-famous Music Row. With more than 1.7 million residents, the metropolitan Nashville area is a cultural, educational, health-care, commercial, and financial center in the mid-South. Practical educational opportunities, offered through diverse curriculums, provide students with the hands-on experience they need in preparation for a meaningful career. The city's location, halfway between the northern and southern boundaries of the United States, with three intersecting interstate highways and an international airport, makes it accessible to students from across the country.
Campus Facilities & Equipment
Belmont is also consistently growing its number of residential, academic and student spaces on campus, investing more than 650 million dollars on new facilities and building improvements since 2000. The past five years alone have seen the opening of many new and renovated buildings. This includes the expansive Janet Ayers Academic Center – home to three colleges covering a wide span of programs including the Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, Theology, Sciences and Mathematics. The building also houses Belmont's first intentionally-designed chapel and popular dining options.
Other new facilities include the technology-laden R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center – home to the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, as well as the vibrant 950-seat Harrington Place Dining Hall. The Massey Business Center – home of the Jack C. Massey College of Business – was renovated to feature state-of-the-art classrooms and learning spaces for Belmont's nationally ranked business programs. Also recently remodeled, the Hitch building, provides new classroom, practice and rehearsal space for the School of Music and also houses the new O'More College of Architecture, Art & Design.
Notably, Belmont's added more than academic spaces. The Gabhart Student Center was revamped to provide expanded student meeting space and centralized student support services. The Gallery of Iconic Guitars, known as the GIG, hails as Music City's premier venue designed to celebrate some of the rarest guitars and stringed instruments in the world. And the newly-opened Tall Hall, Belmont's largest residence hall accommodates more than 600 students, and grows the number of on-campus residence spaces to nearly 3,900. And construction has begun on Belmont's most ambitious project to date – a new state-of-the-art performing arts center. This 1,700 seat facility, opening in 2021, will serve as a world-class training ground for students both onstage and backstage.
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A Christian Community of Learning and Service
Belmont is a student-focused, Christian community of learning and service where students hear from their first visit to campus until the day they graduate that they are created for a purpose in life. The Belmont faculty and staff dedicate themselves to preparing and empowering students to find their passion and use it to change the world. The university seeks to show every student how the love of Christ can compel them to lead lives of disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.
In fact, Belmont students, faculty and staff are consistently challenged to look at the hardest circumstances and ask, "What can we do?" and are encouraged to engage and transform the world, locally and globally. Students serve locally at various relief and community organizations in Nashville throughout the year, and student-athletes take part annually in sports evangelism mission trips to South Africa, Ukraine and Brazil. Others have taken advantage of what they're learning at Belmont, incorporating their major studies into various service projects around the world, including working with orphans in India and assisting with physical therapy needs in Guatemala.
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Cheerleading
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Tennis
Track Field Outdoor
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track Field Outdoor
Volleyball
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Army ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: Vanderbilt University
Navy ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: Vanderbilt University
Air Force ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: Tennessee State University
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Data provided by Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), STARS®, as of March, 2023.
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The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclose their security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annual crime report and provide timely warnings to students and campus employees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat to students and campus employees.
Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety for additional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's Campus Security Reports where available. Applicants can also access all school-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education: https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/