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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.



Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky University Established on a beautiful hilltop in 1906, Western Kentucky University is home to 15,000 students, 550 faculty and 65,000 alumni. The university is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a city of 50,000, approximately 65 miles north of Nashville with direct access to I-65.

Western confers the associate, bachelor's, master's, and specialist degrees, and also offers Rank I and Rank II programs. A joint doctoral program with two other Kentucky universities is also available. Western's faculty is recognized nationally as leaders in their academic disciplines, and students enjoy nationally acclaimed programs in journalism and broadcasting, music, business, education, applied sciences and many other fields.

Western's diverse student body comes from 44 states and territories and numerous foreign countries, and includes a large number of non-traditional students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university offers outstanding teaching and research, as well as a wide variety of opportunities for personal and professional development. Western is a comprehensive university ready to meet the global challenges of the new millennium while maintaining the personal touch that has long been its hallmark.

For more information on Western Kentucky University, see the following web sites: