by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Belmont University landed the #294 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Belmont took the #4 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Belmont took the #166 spot on the list.
In addition, Belmont took the #3 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee.
The total graduate student population at Belmont is made up of 70.8% women and 29.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 18.7% of the graduate students who attend Belmont are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Belmont. Around 0.9% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $24,300 | $24,300 |
| Fees | $880 | $880 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Belmont enter careers with an average starting salary of $59,694. That's good news for those graduates since it is 2% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Belmont is $71,094. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 6% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Belmont University.
Contact details for Belmont are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212-3757 |
| Phone: | 615-460-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.belmont.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BelmontUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BelmontUniv |
Around 8.6% of Belmont graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 0.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 82 |
| Law | 93 |
| Nursing | 15 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 80 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 82 |
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.
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