Nossi College of Art and Design
Nashville, TN · For-profit · Large city · NCAD
For-profit institution in Nashville, TN · 278 undergraduates · 43% acceptance rate · $35,113 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 11%Pell Grant share
- Top 13%Acceptance rate
- Top 20%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $23,5911,380th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,3501,126th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,350875th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $26,846802nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $33,4981,848th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,1131,782nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,0991,783rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 35.5%1,627th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 75.0%966th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 43.3%202nd most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 2781,801st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10.0:1427th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 57.7%233rd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 9 mi (BNA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $23,456 | $28,236 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Nossi College of Art and Design’s 278 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TN
- Welch CollegeGallatin, TN · 261 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN · 376 undergrads
- Visible Music CollegeMemphis, TN · 164 undergrads
- American Baptist CollegeNashville, TN · 48 undergrads
- Williamson Christian CollegeFranklin, TN · 40 undergrads
- Mid-South Christian CollegeMemphis, TN · 23 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Allen CollegeWaterloo, IA · 279 undergrads
- American College of EducationIndianapolis, IN · 277 undergrads
- City College-HollywoodHollywood, FL · 275 undergrads
- Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC · 281 undergrads
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. LouisSaint Louis, MO · 274 undergrads
- Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA · 273 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitenossi.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 368452)
- Compare colleges in TNRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TennesseeEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Welch CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
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