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Nashville State Community College

As of October 3, 2026
Former Name: Nashville State Technical Institute (1971 - 2002); Nashville State Technical Community College (2003 - 2009)

The information on this page describes the accreditation relationship between this institution and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. General information about the Commission and the accreditation process is provided at the end of this document.

General Information

CEO Name
Dr. Shanna L. Jackson
Address
120 White Bridge Road Nashville, TN 37209
Country
United States
Institutional Phone
(615) 353-3333
Approved to Offer
Associate's Degree

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Accreditation Information

Status
Accredited
Public Sanctions
None
Candidacy Date
January 1, 1971
Accreditation Granted
January 1, 1972
Reaffirmation
2018
Distance Education Approval Date
December 5, 2003
Next Reaffirmation
2028
Next Fifth-Year Review
2023
Degree Level
I i See Approved to Offer above for the complete list.
Control
Public
CBE Course/Credit-based Approved
July 2, 2021

SACSCOC Staff Member

Denise Young

404.994.6549 Email

In-Progress Reviews

  • 2033 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2027 Reaffirmation Committee
  • 2027 Off-Site Review

Most Recent History with SACSCOC

  • 2025 Monitoring Report
  • 2025 Reaffirmation Orientation
  • 2024 Referral Report
  • 2023 Fifth-Year Interim Report
  • 2023 Interim OCIS Visit
  • 2018 Monitoring Report

Off-campus Instructional Sites (Additional Locations)

Types

  • Approved >=50%: Site is approved to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval. Only sites offering 50% or more of a program require approval.
  • Approved Branch >=50%: Site is approved as a branch campus to offer any portion of a program. Additional programs may be offered with no further site notification or approval.
  • Notified 25-49%: Less than 50% of a program may be offered at the site. Less than 50% of additional programs may be offered with no further site notification.

Sites offering less than 25% of a program do not require notification or approval.

Status

  • Open: Instruction may be offered at the site consistent with the site type defined above.
  • Closed: Closed sites are not shown. A site is closed when (1) the institution has stopped admitting students to the site and (2) SACSCOC has approved the site teach-out plan. Therefore, instruction may continue at a site under the teach-out plan after the site is closed.
  • Cane Ridge High School
    12848 Old Hickory Blvd Antioch, TN 37015 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Cheatham County Central High School
    1 Cub Circle Ashland City, TN 37015 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Clarksville
    1760 Wilma Rudolph Blvd Clarksville, TN 37040 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Clarksville High School
    151 Richview Rd Clarksville, TN 37043 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Creekwood High School
    3499 Hwy 47 N Charlotte, TN 37036 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • DeBerry Special Needs
    7575 Cockrill Bend Boulevard Nashville, TN 37209 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center
    3881 Stewarts Lane Nashville, TN 37218 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dickson Center of Higher Education
    2575 Highway 46 S Dickson, TN 37055 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Dickson County High School
    509 Henslee Dr Dickson, TN 37055 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • East Davidson County
    2845 Elm Hill Pike Nashville, TN 37214 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Glencliff High School
    160 Antioch Pike Nashville, TN 37211 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Harpeth High School
    170 E Kingston Springs Rd Kingston Springs, TN 37082 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Hillsboro High School
    3812 Hillsboro Road Nashville, TN 37215 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Houston County High School
    2500 Hwy 149 Erin, TN 37061 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Humphreys County Center
    695 Holly Ln Waverly, TN 37185 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • James Lawson High School
    400 Davidson Rd Nashville, TN 37205 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • John Overton High School
    4820 Franklin Rd Nashville, TN 37220 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Kenwood High School
    215 East Pine Mountain Road Clarksville, TN 37042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Maplewood High School
    401 Walton Ln Nashville, TN 37216 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • McEwen High School
    335 Melrose Street McEwen, TN 37101 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • McGavock High School
    3150 McGavock Pike Nashville, TN 37214 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Montgomery Central High School
    3955 Highway 48 Cunningham, TN 37052 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Nashville State Community College Southeast Campus
    5248 Hickory Hollow Parkway Antioch, TN 37013 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • North Davidson Campus
    1520 Gallatin Pike North Madison, TN 37115 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Northeast High School
    3701 Trenton Road Clarksville, TN 37040 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Northwest High School
    800 Lafayette Road Clarksville, TN 37042 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Pearl-Cohn High School
    904 26th Ave N Nashville, TN 37208 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
    7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard Nashville, TN 37209 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Rossview High School
    1237 Rossview Road Clarksville, TN 37043 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Stratford High School
    1800 Stratford Avenue Nashville, TN 37216 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Sycamore High School
    1021 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Turney Center Industial Complex
    1499 Route Memorial Highway Only, TN 37140 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Waverly Central High School
    1325 Hwy 70 W Waverly, TN 37185 United States

    Type: Notified 25-49% Status: Open

  • Waverly Central High School
    1325 Hwy 70 W Waverly, TN 37185 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • West Creek High School
    1210 West Creek Coyote Trail Clarksville, TN 37042 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

  • Whites Creek High School
    7277 Old Hickory Blvd Whites Creek, TN 37189 United States

    Type: Approved >= 50% Status: Open

About SACSCOC and Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the accreditation name of The Commission on Colleges and Universities, is the commission responsible for accrediting degree-granting institutions across the nation and internationally. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees is the representative body of the member institutions also known as the College Delegate Assembly. To gain or maintain accreditation, an institution must comply with SACSCOC policies, procedures, and with all standards contained in the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement in the professional judgment of peer reviewers. SACSCOC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels regardless of location or mode of instruction. The Commission accredits the institution as a whole.

Components of the Review Process

The SACSCOC Board of Trustees conducts several types of institutional reviews: (1) Candidate Committee reviews of applicant institutions seeking candidacy, (2) Accreditation Committee reviews of candidate institutions seeking initial membership, (3) Reaffirmation Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following a comprehensive review, (4) Special Committee reviews of member institutions seeking continued accreditation following evaluation of institutional circumstances that are accreditation related, and (5) Substantive Change Committee reviews of member institutions seeking approval and continued accreditation following the review of a change of a significant modification or expansion to the institution’s nature and scope. Each of the above type of reviews has its own evaluation documents and peer review procedures and can be found on the SACSCOC website at www.sacscoc.org.

The Committees on Compliance and Reports (C&R), standing committees of the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, review reports prepared by evaluation committees and the institutional responses to those reports. A C&R Committee’s recommendation regarding an institution’s accreditation-related matters is forwarded to the Executive Council for review. The Executive Council recommends action to the SACSCOC Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision on reaffirmation and any monitoring activities that it may require of an institution. The SACSCOC Board of Trustees convenes twice a year.

Complaints Against SACSCOC Accredited Institutions

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in determining whether an institution’s performance is consistent with SACSCOC standards for obtaining or maintaining accreditation. The Commission’s interest also is in ensuring that member institutions maintain appropriate grievance procedures and standards of procedural fairness and that the procedures are applied appropriately and consistently. The procedures for the review of complaints involving member institutions enable SACSCOC to address possible violations of its Principles of Accreditation, its Core Requirements and Standards, SACSCOC policies or procedures, as well as to address possible violations of an institution’s own policies and procedures, if related to the Principles.

Since SACSCOC’s complaint procedures are for the purpose of addressing any significant non-compliance with SACSCOC Principles of Accreditation, policies, or procedures, the procedures are not intended to be used to involve SACSCOC in disputes between individuals and member institutions, or cause SACSCOC to interpose itself as a reviewing authority in individual matters of admission, grades, granting or transferability of credits, application of academic policies, fees or other financial matters, disciplinary matters or other contractual rights and obligations. Nor does SACSCOC seek redress on an individual’s behalf. Under no circumstances does SACSCOC respond to, or take action on, any complaint or any allegation that contains defamatory statements. Further, SACSCOC will not serve as a grievance panel when the outcome of institutional grievance or appeal processes is unsatisfactory to the complainant.

SACSCOC expects individuals to attempt to resolve the issue through all means available to the complainant, including following the institution’s own published grievance procedures, before submitting a complaint to SACSCOC. Therefore, SACSCOC is under no obligation to consider additional information submitted by the complainant subsequent to the receipt of the formal complaint. SACSCOC’s usual practice is not to consider a complaint that is currently in administrative proceedings, including institutional proceedings, or in litigation. However, if there is substantial, credible evidence that indicates systemic problems with an accredited institution, SACSCOC may, at its discretion, choose to proceed with the review.

For the fastest and most secure review by SACSCOC personnel, we strongly encourage you to submit your formal complaint online. You can easily file your concerns by completing the digital “Complaints Against Institutions: Information Sheet and Form” directly through our secure online portal. Please note that to maintain the integrity of the review process, SACSCOC cannot evaluate oral or anonymous complaints, nor can we accept complaints submitted on behalf of another individual or forwarded from another entity. Filing your complaint electronically ensures it is received immediately and streamlines the review process.

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