Best Value Colleges in Tennessee
145 colleges ranked by value score. Based on earnings after graduation, net cost, and graduation rates.
#1
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN·private
Earnings
$91,565
Net Price
$15,846/yr
Grad Rate
93%
100
Value
#2
Christian Brothers University
Memphis, TN·private
Earnings
$57,478
Net Price
$9,854/yr
Grad Rate
55%
81
Value
#3
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, TN·private
Earnings
$72,529
Net Price
$11,212/yr
Grad Rate
46%
75
Value
#4
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN·public
Earnings
$60,249
Net Price
$18,976/yr
Grad Rate
74%
59
Value
#5
The University of Tennessee-Martin
Martin, TN·public
Earnings
$44,213
Net Price
$10,701/yr
Grad Rate
54%
55
Value
#6
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN·public
Earnings
$48,458
Net Price
$12,397/yr
Grad Rate
50%
49
Value
#7
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN·public
Earnings
$48,541
Net Price
$13,359/yr
Grad Rate
54%
49
Value
#8
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN·public
Earnings
$44,301
Net Price
$9,735/yr
Grad Rate
42%
48
Value
#9
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN·private
Earnings
$66,651
Net Price
$28,585/yr
Grad Rate
83%
48
Value
#10
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN·public
Earnings
$48,501
Net Price
$14,246/yr
Grad Rate
56%
48
Value
#11
The University of the South
Sewanee, TN·private
Earnings
$64,911
Net Price
$27,872/yr
Grad Rate
81%
47
Value
#12
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN·public
Earnings
$51,151
Net Price
$14,265/yr
Grad Rate
52%
46
Value
#13
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN·private
Earnings
$55,541
Net Price
$24,739/yr
Grad Rate
70%
40
Value
#14
Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN·private
Earnings
$49,378
Net Price
$16,813/yr
Grad Rate
54%
40
Value
#15
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN·private
Earnings
$47,485
Net Price
$21,574/yr
Grad Rate
70%
38
Value
#16
Cumberland University
Lebanon, TN·private
Earnings
$57,687
Net Price
$18,759/yr
Grad Rate
46%
36
Value
#17
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN·public
Earnings
$44,859
Net Price
$15,983/yr
Grad Rate
52%
36
Value
#18
Bryan College-Dayton
Dayton, TN·private
Earnings
$54,434
Net Price
$20,614/yr
Grad Rate
53%
35
Value
#19
Lee University
Cleveland, TN·private
Earnings
$43,222
Net Price
$18,878/yr
Grad Rate
62%
35
Value
#20
Tennessee Wesleyan University
Athens, TN·private
Earnings
$45,989
Net Price
$14,836/yr
Grad Rate
46%
35
Value