Founded in 1912, Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational, land-grant institution. Our Nashville home offers two locations—the 500-acre main campus nestles in a beautiful residential neighborhood along the Cumberland River, and the downtown Avon Williams campus sits near the center of Nashville’s business and government district.

It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,780, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 520 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Tennessee State University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.