Belmont University
Nashville, TN · private, nonprofit · 7,137 undergraduates
Belmont University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Belmont University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Belmont University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $25,289 per male athlete and $34,266 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $10,525 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $6,150 per women's player, 40% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Belmont University, in Nashville, TN, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Horizon League and the Missouri Valley Conference.
Belmont University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Belmont University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 33%.
Belmont University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. Belmont University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 25%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Belmont University fund its athletes?
Belmont University reported 249 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 127 men and 122 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $7,392,159 across all sports ($3,211,730 for men's sports, $4,180,429 for women's); tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $93,817 for men's sports and $110,944 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $739 and $909 per athlete.
What is Belmont University like academically?
Belmont University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 95% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1280, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $62,570 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $33,147 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 47% of the sticker price on average.
71% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 87% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $55,930, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Belmont University?
Visual & Performing Arts dominates: it accounts for 43% of degrees awarded, with Health Professions a distant second at 12%.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (411 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (175 degrees)
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians (118 degrees)
- Music (94 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (60 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (48 degrees)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts (47 degrees)
- Design and Applied Arts (43 degrees)
- Biology, General (42 degrees)
- Psychology, General (39 degrees)
What is Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN like to live in?
Belmont University sits in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), a large city of about 684,000 people in Davidson County, Tennessee.
The median household in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) earns about $75,197, which is above the Tennessee median ($67,097) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Tennessee: a typical home is valued around $383,100, 49% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,486 a month is 32% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 18% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 34 against 39 nationally and 21% under 18.
47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Tennessee average of 30%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Belmont University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Belmont University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Horizon League) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Missouri Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Belmont University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Belmont University listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Belmont University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Belmont University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $25,289 per male athlete and $34,266 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Belmont University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $10,525 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $6,150 per women's player, 40% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Belmont University?
- Belmont University is in Nashville, TN, in the Southeast region of the United States.
- How much does Belmont University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $62,570 a year, and an average net price of $33,147 after grants and scholarships.