Nashville, TN · Private for-profit · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Nashville Film Institute is a private for-profit institution in Nashville, TN, where the highest award offered is a associate's degree. It enrolls about 60 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 12:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: nfi.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Nashville Film Institute is $20,800 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 69 Tennessee colleges that do report one is $19,179.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | Private nonprofit | 7,208 | $67,498 |
| Belmont University | Private nonprofit | 7,137 | $42,540 |
| Nashville State Community College | Public | 5,653 | $4,730 |
| Tennessee State University | Public | 4,848 | $8,616 |
| Lipscomb University | Private nonprofit | 2,997 | $40,572 |
| Strayer University-Tennessee | Private for-profit | 1,784 | $13,920 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 86% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $5,500 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 36% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 36% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Nashville Film Institute's largest program is $20,800 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Nashville Film Institute enrolls about 60 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 12:1.
Nashville Film Institute is a private for-profit institution in Nashville, TN. Its highest award is a associate's degree, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Nashville Film Institute does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
The median debt among Nashville Film Institute graduates who borrowed is $5,500, according to College Scorecard.