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Best earnings-to-cost value in Tennessee
65 colleges in Tennessee with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Roane State Community College · TN · Public9.23×2Columbia State Community College · TN · Public8.5×3Dyersburg State Community College · TN · Public7.83×4Pellissippi State Community College · TN · Public7.71×5Southwest Tennessee Community College · TN · Public7.17×6Chattanooga State Community College · TN · Public7.12×7Walters State Community College · TN · Public6.88×8Baptist Health Sciences University · TN · Private (nonprofit)6.47×9Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro · TN · Public6.16×10Christian Brothers University · TN · Private (nonprofit)5.83×11Vanderbilt University · TN · Private (nonprofit)5.78×12Cleveland State Community College · TN · Public5.74×13Nashville State Community College · TN · Public5.68×14Jackson State Community College · TN · Public5.65×15Volunteer State Community College · TN · Public5.27×16Northeast State Community College · TN · Public5.03×17Le Moyne-Owen College · TN · Private (nonprofit)5.01×18Austin Peay State University · TN · Public4.55×19Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson · TN · Public4.53×20The University of Tennessee-Martin · TN · Public4.13×21Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton · TN · Public4.09×22Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest · TN · Public3.97×23University of Memphis · TN · Public3.91×24Bethel University · TN · Private (nonprofit)3.77×25Middle Tennessee State University · TN · Public3.63×26The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga · TN · Public3.59×27Strayer University-Tennessee · TN · Private (for-profit)3.44×28Tennessee Technological University · TN · Public3.4×29The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · TN · Public3.18×30Tennessee Wesleyan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)3.1×31Cumberland University · TN · Private (nonprofit)3.08×32The University of Tennessee Southern · TN · Public3.04×33Trevecca Nazarene University · TN · Private (nonprofit)2.94×34Lane College · TN · Private (nonprofit)2.9×35East Tennessee State University · TN · Public2.81×36Tennessee State University · TN · Public2.71×37King University · TN · Private (nonprofit)2.68×38Bryan College-Dayton · TN · Private (nonprofit)2.64×39Motlow State Community College · TN · Public2.57×40Maryville College · TN · Private (nonprofit)2.55×
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted only by best earnings-to-cost value — this is not an overall quality ranking.