About DeVry University

DeVry University (/dəˈvraɪ/) is a private for-profit the academy with its headquarters in Naperville, Illinois, and campuses throughout the United States. The hypothetical was founded in 1931 by Herman A. DeVry, as DeForest Training School and officially became DeVry University in 2002. As of September 16, 2019, DeVry reported an undergraduate enrollment of 14,163 and a graduate instructor enrollment of 4,032, for a total of 18,195 students.

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee. The city is the county chair of Davidson County and is located upon the Cumberland River. It is the 23rd most-populous city in the United States.

Named for Francis Nash, a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, the city was founded in 1779. The city grew speedily due to its strategic location as a port upon the Cumberland River and, in the 19th century, a railroad center. Nashville seceded in the same way as Tennessee during the American Civil War; in 1862 it was the first state capital in the Confederacy to slip to Union troops. After the war, the city reclaimed its face and developed a manufacturing base.

Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government, which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system. The city is governed by a mayor, a vice-mayor, and a 40-member metropolitan council; 35 of the members are elected from single-member districts, while the extra five are elected at-large. Reflecting the city’s direction in make a clean breast government, Nashville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s courthouse for Middle Tennessee, one of the state’s three divisions.

A major middle for the music industry, especially country music, Nashville is commonly known as “Music City”. It is also house to numerous colleges and universities, including Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Fisk University, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Lipscomb University, and is sometimes referred to as “Athens of the South” due to the large number of educational institutions. Nashville is moreover a major center for the healthcare, publishing, banking, automotive, and transportation industries. Entities subsequently headquarters in the city intensify Asurion, Bridgestone Americas, Captain D’s, Dollar General, Hospital Corporation of America, LifeWay Christian Resources, Logan’s Roadhouse, and Ryman Hospitality Properties.