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Nashville Colleges and Universities
With more than 20 four-year colleges and universities to its credit - as well as six community colleges and 11 vocational and technical schools - the Nashville area is a hub for higher education.
Founded in Nashville in 1873, Vanderbilt University consistently ranks among America’s top higher-learning institutions. The 2009 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list – a survey of 1‚400 accredited colleges and universities – ranks Vanderbilt 18th in the nation. Its... Read More »
Meharry Medical College Educates Future Doctors, Dentists
Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College of Nashville, Meharry Medical College is the country's largest private, independent historically African American academic health center. The college's goal is to strengthen the health care offered to minorities and inadequately-served communities.
Meharry, located in Nashville, TN and affiliated with the United Methodist Church, educates more than 786 students from 43 states and the District of Columbia, as well as from 22... Read More »
Belmont University in Nashville, TN
Located on what was once the Belle Monte estate, owned by Joseph and Adelicia Acklen, Belmont University is a private higher education institution in Nashville, TN.
Belmont University originally began as Belmont College in 1890 and offered education to ladies from elementary school through junior college. In 1913, the school became the Ward-Belmont School for Women, and the coed Belmont College in 1951.
Since 1991, the school has been known as Belmont University, one of the most rapidly growing... Read More »
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN
A private higher education institution in Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873, when Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt offered a donation of $1 million to establish and build the school.
Vanderbilt University began under the observation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as Methodist Bishop Holland N. McTyeire chose the site for the campus, supervised the construction efforts and assisted in selecting faculty and putting curriculum and policies in place.
In 1914, the... Read More »
Explore Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN
Lipscomb University dates back to 1891, when David Lipscomb and James A. Harding combined their educational experience and foundation in faith to form the Nashville Bible School. Though the name has changed, the guiding principle has remained the same: to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence.
The Christian faith comes heavily, though not overbearingly, into play. The university continues to teach bible classes daily to full-time students, and the school is actively... Read More »
Nashville's Tennessee State University
Tennessee students are well taken care of at Tennessee State University.
Founded in 1912, TSU has grown from its humble beginnings of 247 students to a national university, serving students from 42 different countries. Its substantial growth is due in part to its 1979 merger with the former University of Tennessee at Nashville campus.
TSU is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee, and was originally called the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School. By the... Read More »
