How to Get Into Belmont Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

The short answer to how to get into Belmont Law School is to reach the medians in Belmont Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 161 LSAT and a 3.84 GPA, with a middle 50 percent of 158 to 163 on the LSAT and 3.66 to 3.94 in GPA. Clear both and you are competitive.

By Ali Unar, Georgetown Law, Founder of Lovare Institut. Ali Unar is a Georgetown Law student and the founder of Lovare Institut, an admissions and LSAT-prep practice built on primary-source law school data. Verified August 2026. Every figure on this page comes from Belmont Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the school's own published pages.

Belmont Law is a Nashville school with placement and bar numbers that outrun its youth. According to the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 97.4% of Belmont Law graduates were employed at ten months, and 70.7% went to work in Tennessee, one of the most concentrated single-market shares among ABA law schools. Belmont Law's ABA bar-passage report shows a 95.0% first-time pass rate for exam year 2024, and its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure reports a low 6.0% first-year academic attrition rate. The thesis of this page follows from those numbers. Belmont Law is a Tennessee-anchored school that delivers strong outcomes and near-universal early employment, competitive at a 161 LSAT and forgiving of a lower GPA when the LSAT is high.

Belmont Law at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

Belmont Law posts a 161 LSAT median, a 3.84 GPA median, and a 37.62% acceptance rate in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. Full-time tuition and fees run $57,705, with living expenses of $32,026. Grants reach 62% of students, and the school reports a strong slate of full-tuition awards. The table below collects Belmont Law's headline admissions, cost, and outcome numbers.

MetricBelmont Law (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)158 / 161 / 163GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.66 / 3.84 / 3.94Acceptance rate37.62%Applications1,337Offers of admission503Matriculants from the applicant pool136First-year class136Full-time tuition and fees$57,705 (tuition $55,500 + fees $2,205)Living expenses$32,026Share receiving grants62%Median grant$40,710 (25th $27,140, 75th $54,280)Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage95.0% (exam year 2024, Tennessee)Employed at ten months97.4% (113 of 116)

Source: Belmont Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, with employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 and bar passage from Belmont Law's ABA bar-passage report. Tuition and living expenses are printed separately in the 509, which does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not invent one.

What LSAT and GPA do you really need to get into Belmont Law?

Belmont Law reports an LSAT spread of 158 to 163 and a GPA spread of 3.66 to 3.94 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 161 and a 3.84 sit at both medians. Below the 158 LSAT or the 3.66 GPA, an applicant needs a clear compensating strength on the other number.

Belmont Law reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 158, 161, and 163, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.66, 3.84, and 3.94 for the fall 2025 entering class, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of enrolled students at Belmont Law scored above 161 on the LSAT and above 3.84 in GPA, and half below. A median is a target, not a cutoff, but the two medians together mark the center of a competitive file at Belmont Law.

Read the bands as ranges rather than gates. A 161 LSAT lands you right at the Belmont Law median, a 163 reaches the 75th percentile, and a 158 sits at the 25th, which is still a real admit zone rather than an automatic rejection. The transcript works the same way: a 3.84 is the median, a 3.94 the 75th, and a 3.66 the 25th. An applicant at or above both medians is competitive on the numbers at Belmont Law, while an applicant below one median leans on the other to carry the file.

That trade-off has a direction here. Lovare reads Belmont Law as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.18 and an LSAT 25th-to-median spread of three points in the 2025 ABA 509. A splitter-friendly school forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high; a reverse-splitter-friendly school forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is high. Belmont Law leans splitter, so a strong LSAT at or above 161 paired with a GPA below the 3.66 lower quartile has a genuine path, while a high GPA with an LSAT under 158 is the tougher of the two imbalanced files. If your LSAT is your strength, Belmont Law is a school where that strength does real work.

One more read on the bands themselves. Belmont Law's GPA range of 3.66 to 3.94 is both high and compressed, only 0.28 of a point from the 25th percentile to the 75th, which tells you Belmont Law enrolls students with strong, consistent transcripts and that the GPA is the harder number to move at the application stage. The LSAT range of 158 to 163 is where an applicant has the most leverage, because a few extra points can lift a file from the 25th percentile toward the median. If you are deciding where to spend preparation time before applying to Belmont Law, the LSAT is the number that shifts your standing fastest, and at a splitter-friendly school it is also the number that carries the most weight in a close file.

Is Belmont Law harder to get into than its reputation?

Belmont Law sits in the middle of its LSAT band on selectivity, and the more striking story is its outcomes. Lovare's band analysis places Belmont Law 24th most selective of the 38 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 161, using acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509. On admissions difficulty it lands about where its band predicts; on results it outperforms.

Reputation tends to treat Belmont Law as a young school still building its name, which is fair chronologically. On admissions selectivity, the data place it squarely in the middle of its peers. Lovare built a peer band of the 38 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Belmont Law's 161, that is a median of 159 to 163, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Belmont Law comes in 24th most selective of the 38, a lower-middle position that says the school is neither a hidden reach nor unusually easy among schools at the same median LSAT.

The honest verdict flips the usual question. The interesting gap at Belmont Law is not between reputation and selectivity but between a middle-of-band admissions profile and top-tier outcomes. A school ranked 24th of 38 on acceptance rate produced a 95.0% first-time bar pass rate and 97.4% employment at ten months in the Class of 2024, results that beat what a middle-of-band file would predict. For an applicant near the 161 and 3.84 medians, Belmont Law is a realistic admit whose graduate outcomes punch above its admissions numbers.

How much does Belmont Law cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

Belmont Law charges $57,705 in full-time tuition and fees, per Belmont Law's 2025 ABA 509, plus $32,026 in living expenses. Grants reach 62% of students, with a median award of $40,710, and the school reports 104 full-tuition awards. A median-grant recipient nets about $16,995 in tuition and fees before living costs. The aid is not conditional, so an award cannot be cut for grades.

Start with the sticker. Belmont Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $57,705, made up of $55,500 in tuition and $2,205 in fees, plus $32,026 in living expenses. The 509 prints tuition and living separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so any all-in annual number quoted elsewhere is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure Belmont Law reports, and this page will not manufacture one. As a private school, Belmont Law carries a full-freight sticker before aid.

The scholarship picture is where Belmont Law changes the math. According to the same 509, 62% of Belmont Law students receive grant aid, with awards at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $27,140, $40,710, and $54,280. Belmont Law reports 104 full-tuition awards and no awards above full tuition, a large slate of full-ride packages that shows the school competes hard on price. Those grants blend merit and need-based aid, so not every dollar is a pure merit discount, but the size of the median award is unusually generous.

For a typical recipient the math is favorable, and it is stable. Against the $57,705 sticker, a student on Belmont Law's median grant of $40,710 nets about $16,995 in tuition and fees before living costs, using figures from the 2025 ABA 509. Better still, the aid does not carry a grade condition: Belmont Law reports that it does not use conditional scholarships, so an award is not tied to a first-year class-rank or GPA threshold and cannot be cut if your grades slip. The grant Belmont Law quotes at admission is the grant you keep for all three years, which turns a high sticker into a genuinely moderate net for a strong applicant.

Put the value in context. A private sticker of $57,705 places Belmont Law among the more expensive options on paper, but a median grant of $40,710 is large enough to reshape the decision entirely, and grant aid reaches 62% of the class. For a median recipient, the roughly $16,995 net in tuition and fees is competitive with many public schools before living costs are added, and because Belmont Law does not condition the award on first-year grades, that net holds steady across all three years rather than resetting after a graded first-year curve. The practical lesson for a strong Belmont Law applicant is to treat the sticker as a starting point and the median grant as the realistic anchor for budgeting.

What are your real chances off the Belmont Law waitlist?

Belmont Law does not disclose waitlist offers or admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 136 matriculants against 503 offers is a 27.0% yield in the 2025 ABA 509. That is a modest yield, which means Belmont Law fills much of its class from first-round offers while leaving genuine room for waitlist movement.

Here is the reasoning in full. Belmont Law enrolled 136 matriculants from 503 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 27.0%. No ABA disclosure, Belmont Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted from the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. When roughly a quarter of admitted students enroll, a school extends more offers than seats it expects to fill and often turns to a waitlist to finish the class.

A 27.0% yield is on the lower side, which is actually encouraging for a waitlisted applicant to Belmont Law. It signals that admitted students frequently choose other options, so Belmont Law leaves the door genuinely ajar for candidates who stay engaged. If you land on the Belmont Law waitlist, the play is the standard one: send a concise letter of continued interest that names Belmont Law as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or grades, and keep another acceptance in hand as your anchor while you wait.

Where do Belmont Law graduates actually work?

Belmont Law is a concentrated Tennessee placement school with excellent early employment. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 70.7% of graduates went to work in Tennessee and 76.7% across the top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers took 13.8%, and 0.9% won federal clerkships. Belmont Law is aimed squarely at Tennessee.

Lead with the concentration, because it defines a Belmont Law degree. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Belmont Law placed 82 of its graduates in Tennessee, 4 in Florida, and 3 in Colorado. That is a 70.7% top-market share and a 76.7% top-three share, one of the most Tennessee-heavy placement profiles among ABA schools. More than two in three graduates practice in Tennessee, which tells you the school's network is deep in Nashville and across the state.

The employment rate is a genuine strength. Belmont Law reported 113 of 116 graduates employed at ten months, or 97.4%, in the same ABA Employment Summary, a figure near the top of the range for any law school. Paired with the 95.0% first-time bar pass rate, that outcome tells you the large majority of Belmont Law graduates both pass the bar and land professional employment inside the standard reporting window. If you want to practice in Tennessee, Belmont Law is one of the best-connected schools in the state.

On firm size and clerkships, Belmont Law shows real large-firm placement for a regional school. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 13.8% of Belmont Law graduates entering large firms of 101 or more lawyers and 0.9% taking federal clerkships. A near-14% large-firm share is strong for a Tennessee-focused school, so an applicant targeting Nashville or regional BigLaw will find a real pipeline at Belmont Law, while the clerkship share is modest and points more toward firm and in-house practice than the federal courts.

When are Belmont Law's application deadlines?

This page's sources do not specify Belmont Law's application deadlines or its Early Decision terms. Both should be confirmed directly on Belmont Law's admissions page rather than taken from any date this page cannot verify. The guidance here is dated: it reflects what was verifiable in August 2026.

Because the school's Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, Belmont Law applicants should treat the school's own admissions page as the authority on deadlines, decision rounds, and whether any early or binding option exists. Rather than state a specific date that this page's primary sources do not support, the honest approach is to point you to Belmont Law directly. Cycle dates shift from year to year, so confirm the current timeline on the school's site before you plan around it.

What the numbers do support is a timing strategy. Belmont Law extended 503 offers against 1,337 applications for a first-year class of 136, per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. In a cycle where a large pool competes for a small class, seats and scholarship dollars are finite, so an early, complete application is generally the stronger position regardless of the exact deadline. Apply to Belmont Law when your file is ready and your LSAT is at its best, and verify the current dates on the school's site.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Belmont Law

Is a 161 LSAT good enough for Belmont Law?

A 161 is exactly the LSAT median at Belmont Law, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 158 to 163. A 161 puts you at the fiftieth percentile, competitive but not a lock. Pair it with a GPA at or above the 3.84 median and you are a strong candidate at Belmont Law.

What GPA do you need for Belmont Law?

Belmont Law reports a GPA median of 3.84, with a 25th to 75th range of 3.66 to 3.94, in its 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.84 or higher. Because Belmont Law is splitter friendly, a strong LSAT can help carry a GPA below the 3.66 lower quartile, so applicants with an imbalanced file should lean on their LSAT at Belmont Law.

What is Belmont Law's acceptance rate?

Belmont Law admitted 37.62% of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 503 offers against 1,337 applications, according to its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Among schools at the same 161 median LSAT, Belmont Law sits in the middle of its band, 24th most selective of 38, so the rate reflects a school that is neither a hidden reach nor unusually easy.

How many people apply to Belmont Law?

Belmont Law received 1,337 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, made 503 offers, and enrolled 136 matriculants for a first-year class of 136, per its 2025 ABA 509. That large pool for a small class is what produces Belmont Law's 37.62% acceptance rate and gives the admissions office room to shape a strong entering class.

How big is Belmont Law's first-year class?

Belmont Law enrolled a first-year class of 136 for fall 2025, drawn from 136 matriculants in the applicant pool, per its 2025 ABA 509. That is a small class, which keeps Belmont Law's admissions personal and helps explain both its deep placement network in Tennessee and the generosity of its scholarship support relative to the number of enrolled students.

How much does Belmont Law cost?

Belmont Law lists full-time tuition and fees of $57,705, made up of $55,500 in tuition and $2,205 in fees, plus $32,026 in living expenses, in its 2025 ABA 509. Belmont Law does not publish a single cost-of-attendance total in the 509, so tuition and living are best read separately rather than summed into an invented all-in figure for Belmont Law.

Does Belmont Law give scholarships?

Yes, generously. Belmont Law reports that 62% of students receive grant aid, with awards of $27,140, $40,710, and $54,280 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 104 full-tuition awards, per its 2025 ABA 509. Those awards are not conditional, so a grant at Belmont Law cannot be cut if your grades fall below a threshold.

What is Belmont Law's bar passage rate?

Belmont Law posted a 95.0% first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, with Tennessee as the largest jurisdiction, according to its ABA bar-passage report. Its ultimate pass rate for the 2022 cohort was 93.04%. Both figures are strong and tell you the large majority of Belmont Law graduates who sit for a bar exam pass, most of them on the first attempt.

Where do Belmont Law graduates work?

Most stay in Tennessee. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Belmont Law placed 82 graduates in Tennessee, 4 in Florida, and 3 in Colorado, a 70.7% top-market share and 76.7% across the top three. Belmont Law has one of the most Tennessee-concentrated placement profiles of any ABA law school.

Is Belmont Law a good choice for out-of-state applicants?

It can be, with eyes open. Belmont Law placed 70.7% of its Class of 2024 in Tennessee, per the ABA Employment Summary, so the network runs deepest there. An out-of-state applicant who wants to practice in Tennessee is well served by Belmont Law, while one who plans to return to a distant market should treat that 70.7% concentration as a candid signal that the school's pipeline runs mainly through Tennessee and Nashville.

Can a splitter get into Belmont Law?

A splitter has a real path. Lovare reads Belmont Law as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.18 and an LSAT spread of three points in the 2025 ABA 509. That means Belmont Law forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high, so a high-LSAT applicant with a GPA below the 3.66 lower quartile is more viable at Belmont Law than the reverse profile.

How selective is Belmont Law compared with schools at the same LSAT?

Belmont Law is 24th most selective of the 38 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 161, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, per Lovare's analysis. That lower-middle standing means Belmont Law is about as selective as the typical school posting the same median LSAT, with outcomes that outperform that admissions position.

Is Belmont Law worth it?

For a Tennessee-focused career, the value case is strong. Belmont Law pairs 62% grant reach and a $40,710 median award with a 95.0% first-time bar pass rate, 97.4% employment at ten months, and a 13.8% large-firm share, per its 2025 ABA 509 and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. For an applicant aiming at Nashville or Tennessee practice, Belmont Law is a high-value choice.

What is Belmont Law's first-year attrition rate?

Belmont Law reports first-year academic attrition of 6.0% in its 2025 ABA 509, meaning a small share of first-year students left for academic reasons in the reported year. That is a low figure and a reassuring sign that admitted students at Belmont Law are generally supported through the demanding first year rather than washed out of it.

Does Belmont Law have Early Decision?

This page's sources do not confirm Belmont Law's Early Decision terms, so any binding early option should be verified on the school's admissions page rather than assumed. Because the terms are not confirmed here, the honest answer is to check Belmont Law directly for whether an early or binding round exists and what commitment it carries before you apply.

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at a Belmont Law scholarship?

Scores above the medians. Because Belmont Law reports 104 full-tuition awards and grants reaching 62% of students in its 2025 ABA 509, an LSAT above the 161 median toward the 163 upper quartile, paired with a GPA above 3.84 toward the 3.94 upper quartile, positions you for the largest awards. Strong numbers are how you move from a partial grant to a full ride at Belmont Law.

Sources

Every figure on this page is drawn from primary disclosures, listed here so readers can verify each one directly.

Belmont Law 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=213&year=2025

Belmont Law ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=213&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=213&year=2024

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