Private for-profit · College

Nossi College of Art and Design

Nashville, Tennessee · Large city

#5 most selective in Tennessee

46.3%
Admit rate: $24,044
Avg net price: 42%
Graduation rate: $35,113
Median earnings

Nossi College of Art and Design is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Nashville, Tennessee (large city setting), enrolling 247 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 247 undergradsLarge citySelective · 46% admitCold winters

About Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. In 1689, French-Canadian trader Martin Chartier established a trading post on the Cumberland River, near the present-day site of the city. Much of the city's cultural life has revolved around its large university community. Particularly significant in this respect were two groups of critics and writers who were associated with Vanderbilt University in the early 20th century: the Fugitives and the Agrarians. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Nashville, TN
To Great Lakes shore: 373 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to Nashville (BNA) · major hub

How Nossi College of Art and Design compares

Selectivity46.3%

More selective than 86% · #5 most selective of 37 in Tennessee

Graduation rate42%

Higher than 26% · #31 of 43 in Tennessee

First-year retention88%

Higher than 82%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,113

Higher than 8% · #42 of 43 in Tennessee

Average net price$24,044

Cheaper than 32% · #33 cheapest of 42 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$33,498

Lower than 2%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 76%

Undergraduate enrollment247

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare Nossi College of Art and Design with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15061%
Men9739%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White62%
Black24%
Hispanic8.5%
Asian1.2%
Other or multiracial4.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 247
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 40%
Students over 25: 19%
Median family income: $23,893
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $71,253

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate: 46.3%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Cost

In-state tuition: $20,350
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $700
Total cost of attendance: $27,710
Average net price: $24,044

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years): 42%
Graduated on time (4 years): 40%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,099
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,113
Median debt at graduation: $33,498
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 32%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $150

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$23,099

$30–48k

$23,454

$48–75k

$24,646

$75–110k

$27,098

$110k+

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College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Family income

Est. total to a degree

$100,034

$24,646/year × about 4.1 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

63%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$591

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 63% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $591. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 68 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $35,113
Typical debt at graduation: $33,498
Debt vs. one year's pay: 95%
Out-earn a HS grad: 37%

Typical debt would take roughly 9.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$31,860

Men

$38,727

Men out-earn women by $6,867 (22%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 53.2″
Annual snow: 1.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN US station (5.4 mi from campus).

What Nossi College of Art and Design graduates study — and earn

Design and Applied Arts

31 grads$24k 1 yr$40k 5 yr$47k debt

31$24,497$39,974$46,500 Film/Video and Photographic Arts

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Design and Applied ArtsAssoc.

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.