Austin Peay State University Business Programs

Located in Clarksville, Tennessee, Austin Peay State University is a public institution. Clarksville is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Austin Peay State University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Austin Peay State University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#21	Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Austin Peay State University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#51	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#56	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#90	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Austin Peay State University?

Contact details for Austin Peay State University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 College St, Clarksville, TN 37044
Phone:	931-221-7011
Website:	www.apsu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/austinpeay
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/austinpeay

How Do I Get Into Austin Peay State University?

You can apply to Austin Peay State University online at: www.apsu.edu/admissions/applicant/apply

Admission Requirements for Austin Peay State University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Austin Peay State University?

Since Austin Peay State University has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to Austin Peay State University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 463 and 618. Math scores were between 455 and 570.

Austin Peay State University received ACT scores from 87% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Austin Peay State University?

The overall average net price of Austin Peay State University is $25,089. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Austin Peay State University, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,028 a year. That adds up to $24,112 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Austin Peay State University is 10.4%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Austin Peay State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,087 undergraduate students at Austin Peay State University, with 6,161 being full-time and 2,926 being part-time.

There are also 1,185 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,161 full-time undergraduates at Austin Peay State University, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Austin Peay State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	93
Black or African American	1,365
Hispanic or Latino	542
White	3,559
International Students	43
Other Races/Ethnicities	559

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Austin Peay State University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at Austin Peay State University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, South Korea, and Germany.

Online Learning at Austin Peay State University

In 2019-2020, 8,072 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Austin Peay State University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Austin Peay State University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Austin Peay State University was $8,303 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $13,847. The following table shows how Austin Peay State University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#4	#19
Finance	#31	#34
Finance & Financial Management	#37	#40
General Business/Commerce	#46	#128
General Business/Commerce	#46	#128
Accounting	#57	#70
Accounting	#57	#61
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#68	#62
Marketing	#74	#65

Online Growth Rankings of Austin Peay State University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Austin Peay State University was 12.9%. This is the #1,127 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Austin Peay State University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Austin Peay State University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Austin Peay State University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Research and Development Management	#4
Project Management	#42
Organizational Leadership	#195

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Austin Peay State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	13	88	0	21	122
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	44	0	0	44
Accounting	0	37	0	0	37
Finance	0	24	0	0	24
Organizational Leadership	0	0	15	0	15
Research and Development Management	0	0	15	0	15
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	14	0	0	14
Project Management	0	0	8	0	8
General Business/Commerce	0	3	0	0	3
TOTAL	13	210	38	21	282

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.