Merit Scholarships
Belmont University offers a variety of merit-based scholarships. The application for admission to the university serves as the merit-based scholarship application. Priority consideration for scholarships is given to those applications received by December 1. You may receive only one merit-based scholarship. Roughly a third of the freshman class received academic merit scholarships. Merit scholarships are geared toward freshman applicants. Transfer applicants with demonstrated need and an outstanding academic record at their previous college may be eligible for limited transfer scholarships.
Academic Merit Scholarships - Incoming freshmen are considered for an academic merit scholarship if they meet at least four of the following six criteria: completion of a strong college preparatory curriculum, unweighted core GPA of 3.5 or higher, unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, top 10 percent of class rank, ACT of 28 or higher or SAT of 1260 or higher (composite score of Critical Reading and Math), and significant individual achievement.
Presidential Scholarships - Belmont's most competitive scholarship, awarded to four incoming freshmen, covering full tuition, room, board, books, and fees. Consideration criteria include a minimum test score of 1320 SAT (composite score of Critical Reading and Math) or 29 ACT, a high school GPA of 3.5 or above, top 10% class rank and significant individual achievement.
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship - One scholarship covering full tuition, room, board, books, and fees for a student from a diverse background with outstanding academic and leadership records.
Ingram Diversity Leadership Scholarships - Four full-tuition scholarships for students with diverse backgrounds from the Nashville area with outstanding academic and leadership records.
Thomas J. Madden Ministerial Scholarship - One full-tuition scholarship for a Baptist freshman man majoring in religion and who plans to enter fulltime ministry
Servant Leader Scholarship - One full-tuition scholarship for a Baptist freshman woman who majors in religion and who plans to enter a church-related career.
Turner Scholarships - $7,500 awards for students from rural high schools with outstanding academic records and demonstrated need.
Glover Accounting Scholarships - Merit-based scholarship for students majoring in accounting who meet academic scholarship criteria.
Glover Business Scholarships - Merit-based scholarship for students majoring in business who meet academic scholarship criteria.
Leadership Scholarships - Twenty-five $2000 awards to incoming freshmen who demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities through the resume of activities.
Please note: Any student who qualifies for any of the above scholarships may choose only one. These scholarships cannot be combined and each is renewable with demonstrated satisfactory progress each semester. To maintain an Merit Scholarship, students must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and maintain a GPA of 3.0. The scholarship is for 8 consecutive semesters.
