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East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN · Public · 10,004 students · mostly bachelor degrees
71st-cheapest of 124 Tennessee colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,983
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$27,042
Graduation rate
53%
Admission rate
86%
Median graduate earnings
$44,859
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,442
Average SAT
1144
Median ACT
23
Pell grant recipients
35%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
126 programsPharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree65 grads/yr$129,821Medicine · First Professional Degree70 grads/yr$110,348Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree24 grads/yr$108,675Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$106,593Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree82 grads/yr$105,444Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$99,765Accounting · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$91,471Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree29 grads/yr$85,955Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree38 grads/yr$84,041Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree78 grads/yr$82,073Environmental Health · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$76,210Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$75,298Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree588 grads/yr$74,311Dental Assisting/Assistant · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$65,649Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$62,853Communication, General · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$61,720Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$60,298Human Services, General · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$60,052Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$58,583Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree44 grads/yr$58,232Accounting · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$57,642Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree91 grads/yr$57,167Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$56,261Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree126 grads/yr$55,719Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Master's Degree28 grads/yr$54,693
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.