College · Private for-profit · Nashville, TN · City
Nossi College of Art and Design
Nashville, TN
Admit rate46%
6-yr median pay$28k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size247
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $28k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 46% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter.
If you get in
247 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$111k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$96k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$15k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback3.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.4k
- Books & supplies
- $700
How students pay for it.
Pell grants57%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$33k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr42%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$28k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 247
- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career · High Nontraditional
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White62%
- Black24%
- Hispanic9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Two or more races2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 4
What you can study.