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Higher Education

Area Colleges & Universities
Information about the four-year universities serving the Nashville area, including links to their web sites.

Community Colleges and Vocational-Technical Schools
The Nashville area's community colleges and vocational-technical schools are a great place to start a career, or just take a few refresher courses.

College Enrollment by Degree
View enrollment and graduation figures for college students, broken out by subject of study.



Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900 undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded in 1873, the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished medical center and The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center.

Vanderbilt offers undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education, human development, engineering, music, and a full range of graduate and professional degrees.

Programs of special interest are majors in human and organization development (which requires a one- semester, hands-on internship), engineering, economics, English/communications, mathematics, and professional programs in business and nursing. With very stringent admission requirements, the university graduates students with exceptionally strong critical thinking and communication skills.

US News and World Report has ranked Vanderbilt University twentieth among national universities.

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