College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Belmont University

Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting · 7,137 undergrads · 95% admitted

Do students finish?

71% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$62,570/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$250,280 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$55,930 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $32,026 median $55,930 75th pct $84,814

74% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

17 Bachelor's programs · $18,988 to $55,459 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $55,459 $18,750

Marketing.Bachelor's $41,597 —

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $40,726 $23,550

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $40,319 —

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $39,587 $19,330

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $37,073 —

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $34,080 $18,128

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $32,590 —

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.Bachelor's $31,035 $20,500

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.Bachelor's $30,024 —

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $28,781 $18,000

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $27,943 $20,250

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $27,867 $23,250

Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $27,055 $22,500

Film/Video and Photographic Arts.Bachelor's $21,920 $20,500

Music.Bachelor's $19,843 $25,250

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $18,988 $15,000

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$17,500

≈ 31% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (27 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website