• Located in the Nashville area, MTSU’s Recording Industry program features both Music Business and Production & Technology emphases

• Currently the largest Recording Industry program of its kind in the world
• MTSU Recording Industry Internship graduate placement is nearly 30%

• MTSU’s Recording Industry Department is housed in the College of Mass Communication, being the second largest in the country.

• The college has 3,000 majors with nearly 1,500 Recording Industry students
• Students can enjoy professional development through national and student organizations such as:

SMPTE-Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers  

AES - Audio Engineering Society 

GUN/ARMS-A hybrid organization of students in the Grammy University Network and Association of Recording Management Students

UMS-Urban Music Society

CMS-Christian Music Society

NARM-National Association of Record Merchandisers

• Alumni include high profile industry executives and creative managers active from New York to Los Angeles:

Blake Chancey – Producer: Dixie Chicks

Gary Overton – EMI Publishing

Jim Zumpano - Engineer and Studio Designer for  

Whitney Houston. and Babyface

Pete Fisher – General Manager of

the Grand Ole Opry

....to name just a few!