Belmont University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Belmont University Academics

Belmont University is unique in its study options. That is, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Wheelchair Accessibility, 500 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, student centers, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Helpline Available, Dorms Wired for High Speed Internet Connections, Online Library, Wireless Network, Offers distance learning courses or programs (online or partially online): Yes, During Intersession Periods, During Normal Term Periods, Over the Summer, Percent of courses taught as online courses: 10%, Percent of courses taught as blended (online and offline): 20% and Percent of courses taught face-to-face: 70%. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction and Tutoring.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Belmont University.

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN)

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Commercial/Advertising Art, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music – Piano/Organ, Music – Voice/Opera, Music Management/Merchandising, Music Pedagogy, Music Theory/Composition

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness

History:

History – General

Communications & Journalism:

Broadcast Journalism, Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies, Public Relations

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business/Managerial Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance/Banking, Hospitality Administration/Management, Management Information Systems, Management Science, Marketing Management

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Environmental Biology, Molecular Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, German, Spanish

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Popular majors:

thirty-nine percent visual and performing arts, seventeen percent business per marketing, eleven percent health professions, seven percent communications per journalism, six percent liberal arts

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, Health Occupations Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Physics Teacher Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education

In addition, for international students, the application fee is 50. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $670 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

Belmont University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 72%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were seven hundred and twenty-one total number of transfer students who applied and four hundred and ten total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school did not report their application fee.

Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of August, with priority applications due on the 1st of May. The regular application is due the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of August and

Belmont University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Religious Affiliation, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Religious Affiliation, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid distribution is at fifty percent scholarships per grants and fifty percent loans per jobs.

Belmont University Students

Belmont University offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Additionally, it is part of an Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Residential campus. The university is a Private, University, Four-year, Baptist, Coed, where 72 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. The school’s size is approximately three thousand, five hundred and seventy degree-seeking undergrads, seven hundred and ninety-seven first-time degree-seeking freshmen and six hundred and seventy-four graduate enrollment. In addition, the student body consists of thirty-six percent in-state students, sixty-four percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, sixty-two percent women, thirty-eight percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, ninety percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, three percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty-six percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-eight percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-three percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-three percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty-two percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24 and ten percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99.

This school features the Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Residential campus. Moreover, the university has many unique facilites such as 22-track recording studio, Studio B on Music Row, 140-year-old antebellum mansion.. Incidentally, the school is located 2 miles from downtown.

Belmont University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball