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#17 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#112 Best Value Schools
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#224 Business Programs
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#37 Entrepreneurship
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#121 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#33 Most Innovative Schools
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#348 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#14 First-Year Experiences
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#7 Learning Communities
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#28 Senior Capstone
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#32 Service Learning
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#35 Study Abroad
Belmont University is ranked #166 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
41
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
208
Graduation and retention rank
141
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
71%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
83%
Social Mobility Rank
348
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
63%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
77%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
85
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
171
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
66.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
89%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
44.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
113
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
24-29
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
30%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
283
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
147
Average alumni giving rate
8.3%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
