University of Memphis Business Programs

University of Memphis is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

University of Memphis 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 UofM.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#21	Best Value Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Most Popular Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#55	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#118	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UofM has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Knowledge Management	College Factual
#2	Best Knowledge Management Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#18	Best Value Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics	College Factual
#29	Best Value Colleges for International Business	College Factual
#39	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#103	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is University of Memphis?

Contact details for UofM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Southern Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152
Phone:	901-678-2000
Website:	www.memphis.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/uofmemphis
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/uofmemphis

How Do I Get Into UofM?

You can apply to UofM online at: www.memphis.edu/admissions/freshmen/apply_ugrd.php

Admission Requirements for UofM

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UofM?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, UofM is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 7% of students accepted to UofM submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

UofM received ACT scores from 93% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford University of Memphis?

The overall average net price of UofM is $23,256. 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 UofM, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,571 a year. That adds up to $22,284 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UofM is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

University of Memphis Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 17,383 undergraduate students at UofM, with 12,063 being full-time and 5,320 being part-time.

There are also 4,822 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,063 full-time undergraduates at UofM, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	462
Black or African American	4,225
Hispanic or Latino	919
White	5,576
International Students	190
Other Races/Ethnicities	691

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at University of Memphis. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 83 countries are represented at UofM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at University of Memphis

In 2019-2020, 11,963 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 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 UofM

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Memphis was $9,912 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $13,752. The following table shows how UofM 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
Public Relations	#7	#10
Public Relations & Advertising	#10	#10
Management Information Systems	#28	#46
General Management Information Systems	#28	#43
Finance	#43	#31
Accounting	#46	#154
Accounting	#49	#155
Finance & Financial Management	#52	#37
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#64	#137
Marketing	#67	#140

Online Growth Rankings of UofM

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Memphis was 19.0%. This is the #961 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UofM regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Relations	#16
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#39
General Management Information Systems	#39
Finance	#49
Management Information Systems	#51
Public Relations & Advertising	#64
Finance & Financial Management	#71
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#123
Marketing	#152
Accounting	#217
Accounting	#364

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%.

University of Memphis Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	97	0	142	1	240
Accounting	134	0	36	0	170
Finance	91	0	0	0	91
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	72	0	0	0	72
General Management Information Systems	59	0	0	0	59
Management Science	0	52	0	0	52
Supply Chain Management	36	2	0	0	38
International Business/Trade/Commerce	24	0	13	0	37
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	36	0	0	0	36
Public Relations	32	0	0	0	32
Business Economics	20	0	0	0	20
Advertising	14	0	0	0	14
General Economics	9	0	1	0	10
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	7	0	0	7
Knowledge Management	0	4	0	0	4
TOTAL	624	65	192	1	882

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 BenSherman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.