Nashville State Community College

Location and Contact Information

120 White Bridge Rd
Nashville, TN 37209-4515
USA
Main Tel: (615) 353-3333
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Nashville State Community College is a community college located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It was earlier known as Nashville State Technical Community College. NSCC offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

NSCC has an active student life. The campus is home to several on-campus clubs and organizations, including the Student Government Association, Student Life Council, Campus Crusade for Christ and Kappa Beta Delta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in music, science and laboratory technician, family and social work, nutrition and exercise therapy, office and administration, liberal arts, engineering technician, and photography and commercial art.
  • Numerous part-time students.
  • Large number of students.
  • Affordable tuition & fees.
  • Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

  • The school is public.
  • Academic calender: Semester.
  • Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

  • The school offers a faculty tenure system.
  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Distance learning is available.
  • Part-time classes are available.

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Nashville State:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Columbus State UniversityColumbus, GA7,951
2Clayton State UniversityMorrow, GA6,074
3University of Colorado DenverDenver, CO21,903
4Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN9,401
5Colorado State University-PuebloPueblo, CO6,759
6Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, AL9,481
7Adams State CollegeAlamosa, CO2,920
8University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, NV28,600
9University of North AlabamaFlorence, AL7,203
10Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, LA15,215

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Associate52924
1-2 year certificate8211
< 1 year certificate394

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  66
Without tenure; working toward tenure  1
Without tenure; tenure not available  84

Students

Student enrollment was 7,716 in 2009-2010 (4,980 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 51% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 37% are full-time and 63% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men100%
Women100%
All100%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal380-505
Math425-565

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

International Study

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US.

International applicants are required to take the TOEFL exam.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (63 awarded)

  • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
  • Business Administration and Management
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (28 awarded)

  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (21 awarded)

  • Electrician

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (8 awarded)

  • Culinary Arts/Chef Training

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (4 awarded)

  • Education

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (61 awarded)

  • Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
  • Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  • Engineering Technology
  • Manufacturing Technology/Technician
  • Robotics Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (49 awarded)

  • Child Development
  • Community Organization and Advocacy

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (6 awarded)

  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping

LIBERAL ARTS (235 awarded)

  • General Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Technical and Business Writing

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (2 awarded)

  • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

  • Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (26 awarded)

  • Surgical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (18 awarded)

  • Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

  • Occupational Therapist Assistant

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (29 awarded)

  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (31 awarded)

  • Commercial and Advertising Art
  • Photography

PRODUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

  • Machine Tool Technology/Machinist

SCIENCE (0 awarded)

  • Biotechnology

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (16 awarded)

  • Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (34 awarded)

  • Criminal Justice/Police Science

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