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2298 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37228
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1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37212-3757
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100 White Bridge Rd, Nashville, Tennessee 37209-4515
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2845 Elm Hill Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37214-3717
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560 Royal Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee 37211
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340 Plus Park Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee 37217
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120 White Bridge Rd, Nashville, Tennessee 37209-4515
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100 Centerview Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, Tennessee 37214-3439
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One Bridgestone Park, Nashville, Tennessee 37214
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Design Schools in Nashville

Nashville, TN (population: 605,197) has nine design schools within its city limits. Watkins College of Art & Design, the highest ranked school in the city with a design program, has a total student population of 412. It is the 259th highest ranked school in the USA and the 4th highest in the state of Tennessee (#1 is Vanderbilt University). To learn more about design programs in Nashville, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of design professors at Watkins College of Art & Design such as Jennifer Overstreet.

Design students from Nashville schools who go on to become interior designers, architecture designers, designers, graphic designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,010 people working as interior designers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $51,990. Also, Floral designers make on average $24,940 per year and there are about 51,470 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin area alone, there are 180 employed floral designers earning an average salary of $28,210. Interior designers in this area earn $46,330/yr and there are 220 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 0.309 out of every 1000 jobs in Nashville are held by interior designers, and 0.252/1000 are held by floral designers.

Of the 9 design schools in Nashville, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville comes out as the most expensive ($30,998/yr) for design students, with Nashville State Technical Community College as the lowest, reported at only $6,750/yr.

Design Programs in Nashville


Watkins College of Art & Design
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
Belmont University
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Bachelors
Tennessee Technology Center at Nashville
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
    Levels offered: Certificate
ITT Technical Institute-Nashville
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates
  • CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
    Levels offered: Associates
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
    Levels offered: Associates
High-Tech Institute-Nashville
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates
Draughons Junior College Inc
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates
Nashville State Technical Community College
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
  • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician, General
    Levels offered: Certificate
The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Bachelors
International Academy of Design and Technology
  • Graphic Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
  • Interior Design
    Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

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