Tusculum University Business Programs

Located in Greeneville, Tennessee, Tusculum University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Greeneville is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Tusculum 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 Tusculum.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#27	Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#118	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Tusculum University?

Contact details for Tusculum are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	60 Shiloh Road, Greeneville, TN 37743
Phone:	423-636-7300
Website:	www.tusculum.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/tusculumcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/tusculumcollege

How Do I Get Into Tusculum?

You can apply to Tusculum online at: https://web.tusculum.edu/mytusculum/application.php

Admission Requirements for Tusculum

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Tusculum?

Tusculum has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to Tusculum submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 455 and 540. Math scores were between 450 and 560.

Tusculum received ACT scores from 74% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Tusculum University?

The overall average net price of Tusculum is $28,842. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Tusculum, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $5,699 a year. That adds up to $22,796 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Tusculum is 12.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Tusculum University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,353 undergraduate students at Tusculum, with 1,090 being full-time and 263 being part-time.

There are also 311 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,090 full-time undergraduates at Tusculum, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Tusculum University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	119
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	672
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	199

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Tusculum University. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at Tusculum. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Spain, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Tusculum University

In 2019-2020, 1,308 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Tusculum has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th 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 Tusculum

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Tusculum University was $25,500 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Tusculum 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
Human Resources Development	#21	#18

Online Growth Rankings of Tusculum

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Tusculum University was 48.1%. This is the #579 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Tusculum regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Tusculum 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 Tusculum.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Human Resources Development	#21
Human Resource Management	#86

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%.

Tusculum University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	99	60	159
Human Resources Development	0	38	38
TOTAL	99	98	197

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.