Motto: “From here to anywhere”
Established: 1890
Type Private
Endowment: $74 million
President:Robert “Bob” Fisher
Faculty:520
Students:5,393
Undergraduates:4,388
Postgraduates:1,005
Location Nashville, TN, USA
Campus Urban:75 acres (263,000 m²)
Athletics NCAA Division: I – 7 men and 8 women varsity teams
Colors: Red and Blue
Nickname: Bruins
Mascot: Bruiser the Bruin
Website: www.belmont.edu
Student life
Belmont has over 80 student organizations. These incorporate Student Government, Program Board, Greek living, and The Psychology Club as well as extra special interest organizations.
Belmont’s Greek community consists of four sororities and four fraternities. The sororities are Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Sigma Tau, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Phi Mu. The fraternities include Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Phi Kappa Tau, and Phi Delta Theta. Approximately 10% of the student body is Greek. Belmont Panhellenic is the second biggest student organization on campus with over 250 members.
Belmont is also home to two Greek-lettered music respect societies. They are Sigma Alpha Iota and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Belmont operates four personal television stations called BTV (home Comcast stations for its residents), as well as one student newspaper called The dream.
Students may also become caught up through special interest organizations including, but not limited to bolt Belmont Bruins successively club, Service Corps, and The M.O.B. (Motivational Organization of Belmont) which supports athletics. Students are confident to get involved. If a club does not exist for a student’s interests, they are confident to start one.
The largest student organization on campus is repair Corps, which focuses on helper work inside the Music Industry and is open only to students enrolled in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.
Rankings and detection
Belmont was cited as “School to Watch” in 2009 for its innovative programs. U.S. News & World Report ranked it number 7 of masters-degree universities in the South. For the applicant class of 2008-09, Belmont admit 63% of its applicants (only 35% of business students admitted as freshman, and half of those students matriculated.The average ACT score for the admitted class is 26.One-third of new freshmen at Belmont were in the peak 10 percent of their graduating class, including 30 valedictorians and 12 salutatorians, and they held an average increasing high school GPA of 3.5. Approximately 2/3 of entering freshmen graduate from Belmont. Approximately 1/3 of entering freshmen transfer out of Belmont.