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Tennessee bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 49 schools in Tennessee (48 with published 4-year medians) and 543 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are sorted by median earnings. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
48
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
543
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$51,472
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$33,171
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 543 programs.

$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 2 B 16 C 5 D/F 0 26 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian Earnings ↓Earnings Range# ProgramsAdj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus 1,027 $91,862 $91,862–$91,862 1 — — $92k
Vanderbilt University 7,208 $91,265 $55,188–$160,021 19 A A+ $50k$75k$100k$125k$150k
Herzing University-Nashville 201 $91,010 $91,010–$91,010 1 — — $91k
Strayer University-Tennessee 1,784 $74,206 $53,916–$105,703 6 — B $60k$80k$100k
Rhodes College 1,836 $72,062 $49,042–$82,950 7 B− B $50k$60k$70k$80k
South College 8,745 $66,228 $55,361–$77,096 2 — — $55k$60k$65k$70k$75k
DeVry University-Tennessee — $63,136 $47,440–$73,884 8 — C+ $50k$60k$70k
Bethel University (TN) 1,547 $62,967 $48,730–$80,794 5 A+ B+ $50k$60k$70k$80k
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 394 $61,981 $59,407–$80,055 3 — — $60k$65k$70k$75k$80k
Baptist Health Sciences University 770 $61,506 $51,673–$82,135 3 — — $50k$60k$70k$80k
Tennessee Wesleyan University 846 $61,334 $37,118–$71,084 6 B− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 30,418 $60,830 $34,609–$107,093 60 B− B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Maryville College 1,005 $60,142 $57,231–$63,053 2 — — $58k$60k$62k
Christian Brothers University 905 $59,892 $36,429–$92,007 7 B+ B− $40k$60k$80k
The University of the South 1,607 $59,821 $47,695–$87,762 7 B+ A− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
King University 908 $58,770 $40,796–$83,010 9 — C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Lincoln Memorial University 1,572 $58,231 $40,508–$79,561 3 — — $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Fisk University 1,035 $57,147 $50,768–$63,733 3 — — $50k$55k$60k
Lipscomb University 2,997 $55,500 $42,863–$93,990 14 B− B $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Belmont University 7,137 $53,999 $36,866–$124,270 23 B B $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 10,074 $52,160 $34,020–$92,900 28 B C+ $40k$60k$80k
Tennessee Technological University 8,698 $52,085 $37,730–$98,978 31 B− C+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
Union University 1,607 $51,735 $41,226–$72,824 6 C− C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
Southern Adventist University 2,773 $51,516 $48,307–$83,525 5 B+ B $50k$60k$70k$80k
Milligan University 818 $51,428 $44,167–$82,961 6 C+ B− $50k$60k$70k$80k
University of Memphis 12,701 $51,232 $38,440–$90,207 41 B C+ $40k$60k$80k
Cumberland University 2,104 $51,199 $41,369–$78,954 6 — C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Middle Tennessee State University 16,301 $50,169 $33,179–$98,967 53 B B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Trevecca Nazarene University 1,737 $49,586 $36,070–$62,259 8 B C+ $40k$50k$60k
Austin Peay State University 7,560 $48,916 $33,880–$79,309 26 B− C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Tennessee State University 4,848 $48,365 $36,332–$92,380 21 B+ C+ $40k$60k$80k
The University of Tennessee-Martin 4,866 $48,106 $36,507–$87,043 22 C+ C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Hussian College-Daymar College Murfreesboro — $47,438 $42,139–$52,736 2 — — $42k$45k$48k$50k$52k
Freed-Hardeman University 1,212 $46,696 $40,833–$67,718 4 — — $40k$50k$60k
East Tennessee State University 10,004 $46,280 $28,062–$106,593 34 C+ C $40k$60k$80k$100k
Carson-Newman University 1,387 $46,197 $37,992–$70,769 10 B− C $40k$50k$60k$70k
Tusculum University 785 $45,804 $37,934–$65,012 6 — C− $40k$50k$60k
Bryan College-Dayton 814 $44,431 $32,530–$64,283 5 — C− $30k$40k$50k$60k
Hussian College-Daymar College Clarksville — $44,305 $42,139–$52,736 3 — — $42k$45k$48k$50k$52k
Hussian College-Daymar College Nashville — $44,305 $42,139–$52,736 3 — — $42k$45k$48k$50k$52k
Lee University 2,617 $44,144 $35,702–$79,208 20 C+ C $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
The University of Tennessee Southern 864 $42,586 $38,072–$59,648 4 — — $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Lane College 736 $42,118 $34,242–$45,008 4 — — $35k$38k$40k$42k$45k
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga 4,462 $40,152 $38,918–$41,385 2 — — $39k$40k$41k
Johnson University 743 $39,600 $39,600–$39,600 1 — — $40k
Remington College-Memphis Campus 331 $37,199 $37,199–$37,199 1 — — $37k
Nossi College of Art and Design 247 $35,075 $35,075–$35,075 1 — — $35k
Visible Music College 79 $33,690 $33,690–$33,690 1 — — $34k
1 school without published 4-year medians
American Baptist College

Nashville · 1800 Baptist World Ctr Dr · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 46 · Locale: City: Large

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.