Photo: EVula · CC BY 3.0Berry Hill is a college town: 18 of every 100 residents are students
No college sits inside Berry Hill’s boundary, but Vanderbilt University’s campus in Nashville, with 12,817 students on campus, is 2.7 miles from the center of town, and Nashville State Community College is 5.1 miles away in Nashville. Across Tennessee, 5 of every 100 residents are enrolled in college.
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Berry Hill. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Berry Hill
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
What it’s like to live in Berry Hill
How much the colleges shape the town, from the Census Bureau’s survey of residents.
18 of every 100 Berry Hill residents are in college (TN: 5).
How students change Berry Hill’s other numbers
Read the town’s other grades with this in mind. How TownRatings handles college towns →
Students who live off campus count in the Census poverty figures: 11.3% of Berry Hill residents are below the poverty line, 6.6% when college students are left out (that estimate could be off by 7 points either way). 33% of the students themselves are below the line. In college towns, the Jobs & income grade uses the rate without students and leaves unemployment out.
The Cost grade counts the share of renters paying 30% or more of income on rent, leaving it out only where students are a quarter of residents or more. Here they are 18%, so student incomes still weigh on that figure.
CDC’s estimates follow each place’s age mix, and Berry Hill’s median age is 28.7 (Tennessee 38.9), so the adult figures describe a young population.
Crime is counted per resident, and students who live here count as residents. A college with its own police department reports its incidents under that department, not the city.
Colleges within 15 miles of Berry Hill
14 private colleges within 10.4 miles, one public college within 4.7 miles, and two community colleges.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $75–110k, where Berry Hill’s median household income ($79,591) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Berry Hill: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: Fortis Institute-Nashville (4); Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville (8); Remington College-Nashville Campus (12).
Questions about college near Berry Hill
Is Berry Hill a college town?
Yes. 18 of every 100 Berry Hill residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), against 5 across Tennessee. The nearest campus, Trevecca Nazarene University, is 1.7 miles away in Nashville.
What colleges are near Berry Hill?
16 colleges are within 15 miles. The largest: Vanderbilt University (2.7 miles, 12,817 students on campus), Belmont University (1.9 miles, 8,737) and Tennessee State University (4.7 miles, 7,546).
Why is Berry Hill’s poverty rate so high?
Students who live off campus count in the Census figures. 11.3% of residents are below the poverty line; leaving college students out, 6.6% are (ACS 2020–24, give or take 7 points).
What is the closest community college to Berry Hill, and what does it cost?
Nashville State Community College in Nashville, 5.1 miles away. Tuition and fees are $4,730 a year for Tennessee residents; the federal net price, $6,777, counts housing and food at full cost.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Berry Hill. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →