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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN · Public · 30,418 students · mostly bachelor degrees
84th-cheapest of 124 Tennessee colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$18,976
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$33,678
Graduation rate
74%
Admission rate
42%
Median graduate earnings
$60,249
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,500
Average SAT
1311
Median ACT
28
Pell grant recipients
19%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
259 programsIndustrial Engineering · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$150,903Computer Science · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$135,764Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$132,036Veterinary Medicine · First Professional Degree79 grads/yr$123,713Management Science · Master's Degree386 grads/yr$123,330Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree$120,482Environmental Chemistry · Doctoral Degree24 grads/yr$114,312Engineering, Other · Doctoral Degree6 grads/yr$113,720Mechanical Engineering · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$112,342Accounting · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$112,249Psychology, General · Doctoral Degree0 grads/yr$108,390Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$107,093Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree113 grads/yr$106,312Nuclear Engineering · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$106,136Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$105,834Law · First Professional Degree112 grads/yr$103,272Nuclear Engineering · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$99,139Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$93,642Management Science · Bachelor's Degree181 grads/yr$92,042Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · Bachelor's Degree66 grads/yr$91,643Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree143 grads/yr$90,623Accounting · Bachelor's Degree126 grads/yr$89,445Astronautical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$89,015Soil Science and Agronomy, General · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$88,563Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree32 grads/yr$88,162
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.