10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville Film Institute
Nashville Film Institute is a private for-profit institution in Nashville, Tennessee. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 72.5%
- 150%-time completion
- $25,472
- Avg net price / yr
City: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Nashville Film Institute profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C+
College Value Score
60/100
Nashville Film Institute
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$25,472
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
72.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt A+
$5,500
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$25,472
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
72.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 72.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Nashville Film Institute vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Quick Facts
60
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
72.5%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Nashville Film Institute ranks in Tennessee
State rank among 120 reporting Tennessee colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Nashville Film Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $25,472 | #112 of 124 | 10th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 72.5% | #30 of 117 | 74th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 60 | #118 of 130 | 9th |
Highest former-student earnings in Tennessee
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University | $91,565 | $15,846 |
| 2 | Baptist Health Sciences University | $72,529 | $11,212 |
| 3 | Rhodes College | $66,651 | $28,585 |
| 4 | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | $66,318 | - |
| 5 | Jersey College - Cleveland | $66,087 | - |
| 6 | Jersey College - Knoxville | $66,087 | - |
| 7 | The University of the South | $64,911 | $27,872 |
| 8 | Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | $62,978 | - |
| 9 | Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus | $61,480 | $27,267 |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | $60,249 | $18,976 |
| 11 | King University | $59,831 | $22,347 |
| 12 | Cumberland University | $57,687 | $18,759 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Nashville Film Institute
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$24,318 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$24,433 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$29,855 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Nashville Film Institute - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $25,472 |
35.7%
Pell Grant Rate
44.6%
Federal Loan Rate
$5,500
Median Debt
$58/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Nashville Film Institute swings rather than trends
Across 7 reported years between 2017 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $23,482 to $30,338 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -5.1%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$23,482
Highest year
$30,338
Most recent (2023)
$23,818
7 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2017 · $25,1012023 · $23,818
Over the same years, enrollment went -42.1% (57 → 33 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2017–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 72.5% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $5,500 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $58/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Certificate | 26 | $34,240 | $5,500 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Nashville Film Institute cost? ▼
The average net price at Nashville Film Institute is $25,472.. Median student debt at graduation is $5,500.
What is the graduation rate at Nashville Film Institute? ▼
Nashville Film Institute has a 72.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private for-profit profiles compile Scorecard debt/earnings and IPEDS operating fields from federal files — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.