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Carson-Newman University
Jefferson City, TN · Private (nonprofit) · 1,387 students · mostly bachelor degrees
90th-cheapest of 124 Tennessee colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$20,251
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$49,024
Graduation rate
53%
Admission rate
90%
Median graduate earnings
$48,382
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,500
Average SAT
1117
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
98 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree125 grads/yr$108,765Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree62 grads/yr$86,617Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree58 grads/yr$76,497Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$70,769Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$67,411Accounting · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$64,634Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$64,503Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$57,413Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$53,619Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$53,243Teaching French as a Second or Foreign Language · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$51,940College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree7 grads/yr$51,874Psychology, Other · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$49,609Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree5 grads/yr$46,614Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$45,780Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$44,311Mormon Studies · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$43,115Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$42,340Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree35 grads/yr$37,992General Studies · Associate's Degree33 grads/yr$35,843
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.