Division I · Missouri Valley Conference
Belmont University Women's Cross Country
Nashville, TN · the Bruins · Belmont University overview
980
APR
97% of players retained
96%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity
Belmont University fields a women's cross country team in the Missouri Valley Conference (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 980, about the median of 994, with 97% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,180,429 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $25,805 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's cross country programs
Where this program sits against its 346 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 17)
The program
- Division I roster cap17 from 2025-26
- Academic Progress Rate980 multi-year; 917 latest
- Players retained97% year to year
- Eligible99% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$4,180,429 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$25,805 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$110,944 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Langdon head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
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Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school cross country players191,733 2024-25
- Division I roster spots656 346 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 290 0.34% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's cross country recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →7,330undergraduates · 8,862 students in all
Women 67% Men 33%
- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Interdenominational
Getting in
Full picture →96%admitted · of 8,950 applicants
SAT middle 50%1160 – 1350
ACT middle 50%23 – 30
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 72%
Women's Cross Country
Full picture →Academic Progress Rate980
97% of players kept year to year
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $4,180,429
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $110,944
Cost
Full picture →$37,558net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $41,320
Campus safety
Full picture →0.87violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 15 burglaries · 15 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 3 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →43%of bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts · 26 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
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Women's Cross Country programThe programPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions96% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$37,558 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsVisual & performing arts · 43%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusCity · 7,330Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety0.87 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid
Women's Cross Country programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference | 1 | — | — | 1000 | 6% | |
| Lipscomb University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference | 2 | — | — | 993 | 67% | |
| Trevecca Nazarene University Division II · Gulf South Conference | 2 | 11 | $164k | — | 70% | |
| Tennessee State University Division I · Ohio Valley Conference | 3 | — | — | 990 | 93% | |
| Middle Tennessee State University Division I · Conference USA | 31 | — | — | 993 | 68% | |
| Austin Peay State University Division I · United Athletic Conference | 42 | — | — | 1000 | 96% | |
| Western Kentucky University Division I · Conference USA | 62 | — | — | 993 | 97% | |
| Tennessee Technological University Division I · Southern Conference | 72 | — | — | 977 | 83% | |
| University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association | 81 | 20 | $41k | — | 51% | |
| Murray State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 91 | — | — | 983 | 86% | |
| Alabama A&M University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 94 | — | — | 942 | 66% | |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville Division II · Gulf South Conference | 98 | — | — | — | 74% |
Other women's cross country programs in the Missouri Valley Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Evansville room for 6 | 11 | $53k | $4,796 | 978 | vs | |
| Belmont University | — | — | — | 980 | vs | |
| Bradley University | — | — | — | 991 | vs | |
| Drake University | — | — | — | 998 | vs | |
| Illinois State University | — | — | — | 987 | vs | |
| Indiana State University | — | — | — | 993 | vs | |
| Murray State University | — | — | — | 983 | vs | |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | — | — | — | 1000 | vs | |
| University of Illinois Chicago | — | — | — | 1000 | vs | |
| University of Northern Iowa | — | — | — | 987 | vs | |
| Valparaiso University | — | — | — | 1000 | vs |
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