Nashville Film Institute
Nashville, Tennessee · Website
$25,472
net price a year, after grants
$25,472
net price a year, after grants
Nashville Film Institute is a for-profit 2-year college in Nashville, Tennessee with 60 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $25,472 a year. 86% of students finish within 3 years. Graduates leave with a median $5,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$25,472
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
86%
Within 3 years, US 58%
Median debt
$5,500
About $58 a month
Earnings at 10 years
-
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $25,472
- Cost of attendance
- $29,855
- Students with a need-based grant
- 36%
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $24,318
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $24,433
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $29,855
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2017-18 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 60
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 25%
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Completion rate
- 86%
- Retention rate
- 77%
- Highest degree
- Associate's degree
- Programs
- 2
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | TN median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $25,472 | $15,261 | $24,624 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $15,120 | $15,645 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 70% | 86% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 86% | 60% | 67% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 77% | 74% | 75% | 75% |
| Median debt | $5,500 | $15,784 | $10,722 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $34,684 | $33,986 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $38,610 | $36,368 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate | Certificate | 57 | $5,500 | $22,919 | $34,240 | $32,800 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate's | Associate's | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Nashville Film Institute cost?
$25,472 a year is the average net price at Nashville Film Institute after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $29,855. Families earning under $30,000 pay $24,318 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Nashville Film Institute?
Nashville Film Institute has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much student debt do Nashville Film Institute graduates have?
$5,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Nashville Film Institute graduates, about $58 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 45% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Nashville Film Institute?
86% of first-time, full-time students at Nashville Film Institute finish within 3 years. 77% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of for-profit 2-year colleges is 67%.
What are the most popular majors at Nashville Film Institute?
Film/Video and Photographic Arts (57 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.