by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Nashville State Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Nashville State Community College is ranked #1,543 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Nashville State Community College held the #1,978 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Nashville State Community College also holds the #27 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
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Nashville State Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio at Nashville State Community College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Nashville State Community College is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 42% rate at Nashville State Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,064 undergraduates at Nashville State Community College with 2,984 being full-time and 4,080 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,056 | $6,506 | $7,494 | $9,216 | $10,504 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Nashville State Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Nashville State Community College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $11,781 a year. That adds up to $47,124 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Nashville State Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 120 White Bridge Rd, Nashville, TN 37209-4515 |
| Phone: | 615-353-3333 |
| Website: | https://www.nscc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 586 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 586 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 61 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 50 | NA |
| Nursing | 48 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 40 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 39 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 32 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 32 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 28 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,120 students took at least one online class at Nashville State Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,424 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,120 | 1,251 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,424 | 1,270 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,425 | 1,416 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,716 | 1,121 |
Learn more about online learning at Nashville State Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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