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Strayer University-Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee Private for-profit 4-year Large city

Overview

Strayer University-Tennessee is a private for-profit four-year institution in Nashville, Tennessee. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,965, made up of 1,784 undergraduates and 181 graduate students. It is part of Strategic Education, Inc..

Strayer University-Tennessee offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 23 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Information Technology, and Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration. It awarded 373 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 23 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 47 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,965
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
373
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
23
Programs and majors
47:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 23

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 12
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Education 1
Health Professions 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Social Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
100%
First-year retention, part-time students
35%
Student-to-faculty ratio
47:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
168
Associate degrees
119
Master's degrees
55
Certificates under 1 year
27
Postbaccalaureate certificates
4

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,965
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,784
Graduate students, fall 2024
181
Full-time, fall 2024
6%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,682
Undergraduates, 2024-25
2,449
Graduate students, 2024-25
233
Full-time, 2024-25
6%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
80%
Men
20%
White
28%
Hispanic or Latino
1%
Black or African American
66%
Two or more races
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
23
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
100%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Quarter
Part of
Strategic Education, Inc.
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools
President
Antoinette Farmer-Thompson
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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