Doctoral · Nashville, Tennessee

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at Belmont University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 13.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $76,624; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $79,641; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $157,220; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $167k (likely $167k – $167k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $21k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 13.6 years (likely 10.0–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$396k (likely −$494k – −$309k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$187k (likely −$327k – −$34k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.