Nashville, TN (population: 605,197) has thirteen business administration schools within its city limits. Vanderbilt University, the highest ranked school in the city with a business administration program, has a total student population of 12,506. It is the 17th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of Tennessee. To learn more about business administration programs in Nashville, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of business administration professors at Vanderbilt University such as David Dilts, David Furse, Tim Gardner, Rick Oliver, Georgine Pion, and Mike Shor.
Business Administration students from Nashville schools who go on to become business administration professors, business leaders, business executives, business administrators, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 73,790 people working as business teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $83,840. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin area alone, there are 30,890 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $58,950. Business teachers in this area earn $98,030/yr and there are 310 employed.
Nashville lies in Davidson county, which is one of the 26 counties in Tennessee. Overall, the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin area has 719,830 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.7% unemployment rate, $19.13/hr average worker wage, and a $39,790 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.437 out of every 1000 jobs in Nashville are held by business teachers, and 42.913/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.
Of the 13 business administration schools in Nashville, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Draughons Junior College Inc comes out as the most expensive ($24,222/yr) for business administration students, with Nashville State Technical Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,750/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Nashville |
| Franklin | TN | 61,515 | 6 | 35.3023 | 121 | 16.9 miles |
| Gallatin | TN | - | 1 | 14.7314 | 31 | 24.0 miles |
| Lebanon | TN | - | 6 | 33.1353 | 162 | 27.4 miles |
| Murfreesboro | TN | 109,230 | 4 | 32.6865 | 176 | 31.1 miles |
| Dickson | TN | - | 1 | 26.7533 | 18 | 34.6 miles |
| Clarksville | TN | 121,429 | 6 | 21.4206 | 150 | 41.7 miles |
| Shelbyville | TN | - | 2 | 24.186 | 25 | 50.8 miles |
| Bowling Green | KY | 56,941 | 5 | 29.5084 | 365 | 58.5 miles |
| Tullahoma | TN | - | 1 | 18.8406 | 13 | 64.4 miles |
| Athens | AL | - | 7 | 24.5606 | 224 | 95.2 miles |