SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville
Nashville, TN · For-profit · Large city · SITN
For-profit institution in Nashville, TN · 1,800 undergraduates · $39,544 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 4%Median graduate debt
- Top 4%Pell Grant share
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
- $21,2991,203rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,0271,023rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,027662nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $25,834738th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $9,50083rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,5441,625th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $23,9321,873rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.8%1,320th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,8001,001st largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1608th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 76.0%78th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 7 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 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville’s 1,800 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TN
- Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, TN · 1,697 undergrads
- Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, TN · 1,671 undergrads
- Rhodes CollegeMemphis, TN · 1,931 undergrads
- Union UniversityJackson, TN · 1,637 undergrads
- The University of the SouthSewanee, TN · 1,598 undergrads
- Cumberland UniversityLebanon, TN · 2,053 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA · 1,799 undergrads
- Roanoke CollegeSalem, VA · 1,801 undergrads
- Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park, NJ · 1,798 undergrads
- DePauw UniversityGreencastle, IN · 1,804 undergrads
- Marymount UniversityArlington, VA · 1,795 undergrads
- Mount St. Mary's UniversityEmmitsburg, MD · 1,806 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteusa.sae.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 446525)
- Compare colleges in TNRe-score with your weights
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- Compare with Trevecca Nazarene UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville vs Trevecca Nazarene UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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