Higher Education

• Colleges and Universities within 100 miles of Nashville

  Name	Type	Student population	Under-graduate students
  Aquinas College	4-year, primarily associate's, Private not-for-profit	646	646
  Austin Peay State University	4-year, Public	10,873	10,020
  Belmont University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	6,395	5,004
  Bethel University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	5,440	4,474
  Columbia State Community College	2-year, Public	5,460	5,460
  Cumberland University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	1,491	1,247
  Daymar Institute - Clarksville	2-year, Private for-profit	623	623
  Daymar Institute - Nashville	2-year, Private for-profit	400	400
  Daymar Institute - Murfreesboro	2-year, Private for-profit	558	558
  Fisk University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	533	480
  High-Tech Institute-Nashville	2-year, Private for-profit	605	605
  International Academy of Design and Technology-Nashville	4-year, Private for-profit	538	538
  ITT Technical Institute-Nashville	4-year, primarily associate's, Private for-profit	753	753
  Kaplan Career Institute-Nashville	2-year, Private for-profit	475	475
  Lipscomb University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	4,010	2,675
  Martin Methodist College	4-year, Private not-for-profit	1,106	1,106
  Middle Tennessee State University	4-year, Public	26,442	23,415
  Miller-Motte Technical College	2-year, Private for-profit	654	654
  Murray State University	4-year, Public	10,623	8,664
  Nashville State Community College	2-year, Public	9,876	9,876
  National College of Business and Technology-Nashville	2-year, Private for-profit	1,125	1,125
  Sewanee: The University of the South	4-year, Private not-for-profit	1,557	1,477
  Tennessee State University	4-year, Public	9,165	7,105
  Tennessee Technological University	4-year, Public	11,768	9,920
  Tennessee Technology Center at Dickson	2-year, Public	614	614
  Tennessee Technology Center at Hartsville	2-year, Public	608	608
  Tennessee Technology Center at Hohenwald	2-year, Public	442	442
  Tennessee Technology Center at Livingston	2-year, Public	517	517
  Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie	2-year, Public	208	208
  Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville	2-year, Public	208	208
  Tennessee Technology Center at Murfreesboro	2-year, Public	330	330
  Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville	2-year, Public	1,041	1,041
  Tennessee Technology Center at Paris	2-year, Public	300	300
  Tennessee Technology Center at Pulaski	2-year, Public	497	497
  Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville	2-year, Public	442	442
  Trevecca Nazarene University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	2,478	1,419
  University of Phoenix-Nashville Campus	4-year, Private for-profit	1,826	1,723
  Vanderbilt University	4-year, Private not-for-profit	12,836	6,817
  Volunteer State Community College	2-year, Public	8,666	8,666
  Western Kentucky University	4-year, Public	21,036	17,970
  TOTALS:		163,165	139,102
  Source: 2011 National Center for Education Statistics: College Navigator

  
  
     

• Completers

  Output of graduates combined from all institutions.
  
  

  Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate
  2,230	2,799	12,000	4,306	1,016

  
  Source: National Center for Education Statistics
  
  
    

• Educational Attainment

  Population 25 Years and Over	1,073,713	100.0%
  Less than high school	135,484	12.6
  High school graduate	312,925	29.1
  Some college, no degree	231,345	21.5
  Associate's degree	64,931	6.0
  Bachelor's degree	217,461	20.3
  Graduate or professional degree	111,567	10.4

  Source: US Census, 2011