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Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN · Public · 16,301 students · mostly bachelor degrees
53rd-cheapest of 124 Tennessee colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,359
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,289
Graduation rate
54%
Admission rate
69%
Median graduate earnings
$48,541
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,000
Average SAT
1121
Median ACT
23
Pell grant recipients
32%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
133 programsComputer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree44 grads/yr$109,171Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$108,477Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree236 grads/yr$99,846Construction Project Management · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$98,967Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree73 grads/yr$96,485Accounting · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$93,230Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$92,533Packaging Science · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$83,405Psychology, General · Master's Degree48 grads/yr$81,371Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$80,541Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew · Bachelor's Degree212 grads/yr$80,424Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$77,013General Studies · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$76,590Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree76 grads/yr$75,061Management Information Systems, General · Bachelor's Degree71 grads/yr$75,044Accounting · Bachelor's Degree66 grads/yr$73,702Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$69,300Physics, General · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$69,192Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$66,701Social Work · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$64,885Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$64,552Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree271 grads/yr$63,928Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Master's Degree11 grads/yr$62,418Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree100 grads/yr$60,217Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$57,543
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.