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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
There are so many business programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Business Degree Central has developed this <nil> ranking.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Tennessee
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Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
UT Knoxville graduate students pay an average of $31,798 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at UT Knoxville, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 36% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our rankings.
Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s value ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Middle Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $27,432 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Middle Tennessee State University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 57% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Middle Tennessee State University is ranked #4 for overall quality in Tennessee.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great place for business students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
UofM does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 58% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UofM also made our list, coming in at #5.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s list. This fairly large public school is located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and it awarded 16 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ETSU are $25,856 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at ETSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 49% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 140 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 per year.
Vanderbilt does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our list.
Lincoln Memorial University ranked #6 on this year’s list. Lincoln Memorial University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Harrogate, Tennessee that handed out 2 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at LMU are $20,104 per year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at LMU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 13% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
LMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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