About Belmont
Belmont University has its origins in the 19th century when the grounds were known as Adelicia Acklen's Belle Monte estate. The antebellum mansion remains and is flanked by university buildings separated in age by a century.
The first educational institution located on the site was the original Belmont College (1890-1912). Then the school merged with Ward Seminary to form Ward-Belmont (1913-1951). In 1951, the Tennessee Baptist Convention founded the second Belmont College (1951-1991) with an initial coeducational enrollment of 136 students. Soon after celebrating 100 years of education on the same campus, the college became Belmont University in 1991.
Today, Belmont is the second largest private university in Tennessee. A comprehensive university grounded in liberal arts, Belmont enrolls over 4,300 students and has graduated over 14,000 alumni. Belmont represents diversity with students from almost every state in the United States and from over 40 countries.
