Mission Statement: 

A student-centered Christian community providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and women of diverse backgrounds to engage and transform the world with disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.

University History:

The first educational institution on the estate was the original Belmont College (1890-1913), offering elementary school through junior college education to young ladies. The school merged with Ward Seminary to become the prestigious Ward-Belmont School for Women (1913-1951), and in 1951, with the support of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, the school became the coed Belmont College. Since becoming Belmont University in 1991, Belmont has grown not only in size but in quality. The mansions, gardens and statues of Belmont's historic past now sit side-by-side with state-of-the-art facilities equipped with the best technology and teachers to train today's students with the right tools for real world success.

Belmont University is among the fastest growing Christian universities in the nation with 5,000 students hailing from every state and 29 countries. Since 2000,     enrollment has risen from just under 3,000 to 5,023 students for the 2008-09 school year, marking an increase of nearly 70 percent. As enrollment steadily increases, so does the quality and diversity of each new class. Incoming 2008-09 freshmen represented 41 states and five foreign countries and scored an average of 26 on the ACT.