Belmont University

1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN

Last updated 8/27/2026

Belmont University, founded in 1890, has built its national reputation around its Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business, one of the most respected music industry business programs in the country, drawing directly on the university's location in Nashville, the center of the American country and Christian music industries. The university's proximity to Nashville's Music Row gives students in the entertainment and music business program direct access to internships and networking within record labels, publishing houses, and artist management companies clustered within walking distance of campus. Belmont's continued Christian institutional affiliation, formerly with the Tennessee Baptist Convention before the university became independently governed in 2007, shapes aspects of its campus culture even as the school has grown into a larger, more academically comprehensive university over recent decades. The university's specific niche in entertainment and music industry education, combined with its direct physical proximity to the businesses that industry comprises, has made Belmont one of the most distinctive destination universities in the country for students specifically pursuing music business or entertainment industry careers.

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