Accreditation
AACSB International
Accredited Business and Accounting Programs
Organized in 1916, AACSB International is the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting. AACSB International accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide.
Less than 5% of the world's business schools have achieved AACSB International accreditation, and the College of Business Administration at Belmont University is proud to be among them. AACSB International membership does not confer AACSB International accreditation and should not be interpreted as achieving accreditation.
To achieve AACSB accreditation, business programs must satisfy the expectations of a wide range of quality standards relating to curriculum, faculty resources, admissions, degree requirements, library and computer facilities, financial resources, and intellectual climate that are all mission-linked. Having met accreditation standards, Belmont is recognized among the "The Best Business Schools in the World."
Belmont is one of only 171 universities in the world with dual AACSB International accreditation in accounting and business, placing Belmont among the top tier of accredited institutions.
The following programs at Belmont University have all been accredited by the AACSB International:
Undergraduate
- Undergraduate School of Business Administration
- The Undergraduate Accounting Program
- The Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business
Graduate
- The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business
- The Master of Accountancy Program
Belmont's Master of Accountancy (MACC) program is the only private Masters of Accountancy program in Tennessee to have received this prestigious accreditation. Our accounting program is the smallest in the world ever to have achieved specialized accounting accreditation by AACSB International. It is a testament to the high quality of our accounting faculty and curriculum.
We also have the only private undergraduate business program in Tennessee accredited by AACSB International and the only AACSB International accredited Music Business program in the world.
SACS Accreditation
Belmont University has been accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS since 1959.
