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College costs in Tennessee

All 76 colleges in Tennessee, 56 four-year and 20 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $20,047, rising about 2.6% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 11 of the four-year schools are public. 11 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (56)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
American Baptist College	private	$12,474	2.9%
Austin Peay State University	public	$8,675	2.1%
Baptist Health Sciences University	private	$13,846	3.2%
Belmont University	private	$41,320	4.1%
Bethel University	private	$17,530	5.6%
Bryan College-Dayton	private	$18,900	-1.8%
Carson-Newman University	private	$34,700	4.0%
Christian Brothers University	private	$37,300	2.8%
Cumberland University	private	$27,840	3.6%
DeVry University-Tennessee	private	$15,032	-0.8%
East Tennessee State University	public	$9,706	2.7%
Fisk University	private	$24,298	1.7%
Freed-Hardeman University	private	$25,000	2.2%
Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus	private	$16,400	n/a
Huntington University of Health Sciences	private	$8,242	n/a
Hussian College-Daymar College Clarksville	private	$20,110	1.2%
Hussian College-Daymar College Murfreesboro	private	$22,851	2.7%
Hussian College-Daymar College Nashville	private	$22,225	2.4%
Johnson University	private	$20,318	6.0%
King University	private	$34,800	3.4%
Lane College	private	$11,790	2.1%
Le Moyne-Owen College	private	$12,076	1.4%
Lee University	private	$22,690	5.3%
Lincoln Memorial University	private	$26,150	3.0%
Lipscomb University	private	$38,824	4.0%
Maryville College	private	$38,514	2.2%
Mid-South Christian College	private	$11,912	9.0%
Middle Tennessee State University	public	$9,506	2.1%
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga	private	$11,400	2.2%
Milligan University	private	$39,350	3.5%
Nossi College of Art	private	$20,350	1.5%
Pentecostal Theological Seminary	private	$2,596	0.0%
Remington College-Knoxville	private	$15,764	n/a
Remington College-Memphis Campus	private	$20,047	2.8%
Rhodes College	private	$61,060	3.2%
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville	private	$15,466	-1.5%
South College	private	$17,935	-0.9%
Southern Adventist University	private	$25,590	2.6%
Strayer University-Tennessee	private	$13,920	0.8%
Tennessee State University	public	$8,568	2.4%
Tennessee Technological University	public	$10,084	3.1%
Tennessee Wesleyan University	private	$29,264	3.1%
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	public	$11,002	1.9%
The University of Tennessee Southern	public	$10,506	-8.4%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	public	$10,144	2.5%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	public	$14,024	1.5%
The University of Tennessee-Martin	public	$10,194	2.7%
The University of the South	private	$53,704	4.8%
Trevecca Nazarene University	private	$30,090	3.0%
Tusculum University	private	$28,500	2.6%
Union University	private	$20,302	-3.6%
University of Memphis	public	$10,344	2.0%
Vanderbilt University	private	$72,150	4.4%
Visible Music College	private	$22,000	1.5%
Welch College	private	$20,796	2.3%
Williamson Christian College	private	$15,010	4.1%

Two-year colleges (20)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and Technical Careers	private	$10,690	0.6%
Chattanooga State Community College	public	$4,550	1.9%
Cleveland State Community College	public	$4,530	1.9%
Columbia State Community College	public	$4,904	2.9%
Dyersburg State Community College	public	$4,540	1.9%
Fortis Institute-Cookeville	private	$14,644	n/a
Fortis Institute-Nashville	private	$15,237	-0.1%
Jackson State Community College	public	$4,516	1.9%
John A Gupton College	private	$12,040	1.8%
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting	private	$6,995	n/a
Motlow State Community College	public	$4,536	2.0%
Nashville State Community College	public	$4,498	2.0%
Northeast State Community College	public	$4,542	2.0%
Pellissippi State Community College	public	$4,576	1.9%
Remington College-Nashville Campus	private	$21,230	3.5%
Roane State Community College	public	$4,762	2.4%
Southwest Tennessee Community College	public	$4,550	1.9%
Volunteer State Community College	public	$4,524	2.0%
Walters State Community College	public	$4,519	1.9%
William R Moore College of Technology	private	$9,678	5.7%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.