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Nashville, TN is Tennessee's capital and Music City, a fast-growing river city where Vanderbilt University anchors a huge student presence alongside several other colleges. Vandy sits just west of downtown, and students fan out into the walkable districts that ring campus: Hillsboro Village with its boutiques and historic theater, West End and Elliston Place, Midtown, and the leafy streets of Belmont and 12 South. Downtown brings the honky-tonks of Broadway, the Cumberland River greenway, and a packed festival calendar, while Centennial Park and its full-scale Parthenon sit right beside campus. Between live music nearly every night, the Predators and Titans, and easy access to lakes and state parks, the city delivers big-city energy at a Southern pace.
The classic Vanderbilt student pick, walkable to campus with boutiques, a historic theater, and an easy stroll to class.
Right along campus with apartments and quick access to Centennial Park.
Puts you between Vandy and downtown with high-rise living and nightlife.
Here's what you need to know about getting around Nashville.
The city's WeGo Public Transit runs bus routes across town with day and multi-day passes, useful for reaching downtown and farther neighborhoods, and Vanderbilt runs its own campus shuttles too. Between WeGo and the Vandy shuttles, students near campus can reach most of the city without driving. Routes link the dense districts around campus to downtown. If you live near campus you can lean on transit and rideshare.
Living close to Vanderbilt lets you walk to class and into Hillsboro Village, West End, and Midtown without much thought. Walking and biking handle the dense districts near campus, with greenway trails along the Cumberland River for longer rides. The riverfront greenways give cyclists a flatter, car-free path. The walkable core keeps daily life on foot for students near campus.
Nashville sprawls and traffic is real, so students in farther areas like The Nations or Sylvan Park usually keep a car. If you live near campus you can skip the parking headaches of a growing city. A vehicle helps for trips beyond the central districts. Budget for parking if your housing sits outside the walkable core.
Common questions from students searching for housing.
Nashville runs pricier than most Tennessee college towns. Rooms in shared units near Vanderbilt commonly land around $900 to $1,400 a month per person, with one-bedrooms in Hillsboro Village and Midtown often $1,500 and up. Splitting a house in Belmont or Sylvan Park is the usual move to bring your share down.
Nashville is home to 4 universities, each with its own student housing market.
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