Colleges in Tennessee
148 degree-granting institutions in Tennessee (TN). Median net price $15,253. Median graduation rate 61.3%. Compare cost, outcomes, admission rates, and program mix using official U.S. College Scorecard data.
Median net price
$15,253
Median grad rate
61.3%
Median admission rate
69%
Median size
412
Most affordable colleges in Tennessee
Lowest median net price after grant aid.
Highest graduation rates in Tennessee
Share of students completing a degree on time.
Colleges by city
Cities in Tennessee with 3 or more institutions.
| School | State | Type | Net price | Grad rate | Admission | Size | Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Allied Health Careers Chattanooga, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,410 | 65.3% | Not available | 194 | Partial | |
| Allied Health Careers Institute Murfreesboro, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,456 | 100.0% | Not available | 26 | Partial | |
| American Baptist College Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $9,216 | 38.9% | Not available | 46 | Complete | |
| Arnolds Beauty School Milan, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,139 | 76.7% | Not available | 63 | Partial | |
| Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $9,735 | 40.2% | 96% | 7,560 | Complete | |
| Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary- YMCA Outdoor Center Antioch, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Austin's Beauty College Inc Clarksville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,989 | 68.2% | Not available | 101 | Partial | |
| Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $11,212 | 39.8% | 82% | 770 | Complete | |
| Belmont University Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $33,147 | 70.7% | 95% | 7,137 | Complete | |
| Bethel University McKenzie, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $12,595 | 35.0% | 60% | 1,547 | Complete | |
| Brillare Beauty Institute Cleveland, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, <2-year | $17,894 | 83.7% | Not available | 265 | Partial | |
| Bryan College-Dayton Dayton, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,614 | 49.7% | Not available | 814 | Complete | |
| Carson-Newman University Jefferson City, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,251 | 53.2% | 90% | 1,387 | Complete | |
| Casa Loma College - Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 43% | Not available | Partial | |
| Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers Chattanooga, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $33,625 | 12.0% | Not available | 252 | Complete | |
| Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $5,283 | 25.9% | Not available | 5,284 | Partial | |
| Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $9,854 | 54.7% | 87% | 905 | Complete | |
| Cleveland State Community College Cleveland, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $6,384 | 36.8% | Not available | 1,975 | Partial | |
| Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $4,734 | 29.6% | Not available | 3,897 | Partial | |
| Concorde Career College-Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $24,563 | 55.3% | 95% | 517 | Complete | |
| Cumberland University Lebanon, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,759 | 45.6% | 67% | 2,104 | Complete | |
| Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $4,612 | 33.5% | Not available | 2,103 | Partial | |
| East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $15,983 | 53.2% | 86% | 10,004 | Complete | |
| Elite College of Cosmetology Lexington, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,041 | 79.0% | Not available | 53 | Partial | |
| Empire Beauty School-E Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $15,771 | 66.7% | Not available | 156 | Partial | |
| Empire Beauty School-Jackson Jackson, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $15,253 | 41.3% | Not available | 73 | Partial | |
| Empire Beauty School-Nashville Brentwood, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,834 | 72.0% | Not available | 111 | Partial | |
| Fisk University Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $32,020 | 29.9% | 37% | 1,035 | Complete | |
| Fortis Institute-Cookeville Cookeville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $23,582 | 50.0% | Not available | 334 | Partial | |
| Fortis Institute-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $29,039 | 42.7% | Not available | 393 | Partial | |
| Franklin Hair Academy School of Cosmetology Franklin, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,321 | 85.7% | Not available | 116 | Partial | |
| Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,574 | 70.8% | 60% | 1,212 | Complete | |
| Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $27,267 | Not available | Not available | 1,027 | Partial | |
| Genesis Career College-Cookeville Cookeville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,321 | 54.4% | Not available | 300 | Partial | |
| Genesis Career College-Lebanon Lebanon, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $15,107 | 58.6% | Not available | 96 | Partial | |
| Gould's Academy Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,001 | 79.5% | Not available | 148 | Partial | |
| Gould's Academy Bartlett, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,261 | 83.7% | Not available | 135 | Partial | |
| Health-Tech Institute of Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | 80.0% | Not available | 8 | Partial | |
| Herzing University-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,537 | Not available | 93% | 201 | Complete | |
| Image Maker Beauty Institute Hendersonville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,352 | 76.9% | Not available | 74 | Partial | |
| Jackson State Community College Jackson, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $6,236 | 25.9% | Not available | 2,511 | Partial | |
| Jersey College - Cleveland Cleveland, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | 68% | Not available | Partial | |
| Jersey College - Knoxville Knoxville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | 68% | Not available | Partial | |
| John A Gupton College Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $19,334 | 38.5% | 100% | 166 | Complete | |
| Johnson University Knoxville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $22,063 | 56.8% | 65% | 743 | Complete | |
| King University Bristol, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $22,347 | 47.9% | 100% | 908 | Complete | |
| Lane College Jackson, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $10,904 | 18.4% | Not available | 736 | Complete | |
| Lawrenceburg Technical College Lawrenceburg, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,581 | 48.6% | Not available | 128 | Partial | |
| Le Moyne-Owen College Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $7,099 | 27.0% | 99% | 581 | Complete | |
| Lee University Cleveland, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,878 | 62.6% | 71% | 2,617 | Complete | |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $32,544 | 67.7% | Not available | 967 | Partial | |
| Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $20,406 | 49.7% | 63% | 1,572 | Complete | |
| Lipscomb University Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,739 | 72.2% | 68% | 2,997 | Complete | |
| Love Beauty School Inc Manchester, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $8,061 | 73.5% | Not available | 75 | Partial | |
| Maryville College Maryville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $19,360 | 50.0% | 61% | 1,005 | Complete | |
| Massage Institute of Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,511 | 100.0% | Not available | 29 | Partial | |
| Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Memphis Theological Seminary Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 805 | Partial | |
| Mid-South Christian College Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $10,172 | 60.0% | 100% | 19 | Complete | |
| Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc Madison, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $13,359 | 53.7% | 69% | 16,301 | Complete | |
| Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $23,958 | 60.1% | Not available | 4,462 | Complete | |
| Milligan University Milligan, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,365 | 63.4% | 72% | 818 | Complete | |
| Mind Body Institute Madison, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,627 | 75.0% | Not available | 29 | Partial | |
| Motlow State Community College Tullahoma, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $15,742 | 33.6% | Not available | 3,962 | Partial | |
| Mr Wayne's School of Unisex Hair Design Cookeville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,948 | 74.3% | Not available | 20 | Partial | |
| Nashville Film Institute Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $25,472 | 86.4% | Not available | 60 | Partial | |
| Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $6,777 | 18.5% | Not available | 5,653 | Partial | |
| North Central Institute Clarksville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 2-year | $17,566 | 100.0% | Not available | 61 | Partial | |
| Northeast State Community College Blountville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $6,864 | 33.3% | Not available | 4,404 | Partial | |
| Nossi College of Art and Design Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $24,044 | 41.8% | 46% | 247 | Complete | |
| Omega Graduate School Dayton, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Knoxville Powder Springs, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,828 | 44.4% | Not available | 87 | Partial | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,186 | 59.1% | Not available | 216 | Partial | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,716 | 75.0% | Not available | 201 | Partial | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville Powder Springs, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,587 | 73.5% | Not available | 237 | Partial | |
| Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $4,983 | 31.5% | Not available | 6,715 | Partial | |
| Pentecostal Theological Seminary Cleveland, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 0 | Missing | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Remington College-Memphis Campus Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $26,572 | 38.4% | Not available | 331 | Partial | |
| Remington College-Nashville Campus Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $29,098 | 47.1% | Not available | 280 | Partial | |
| Rhodes College Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $28,585 | 84.5% | 50% | 1,836 | Complete | |
| Richmont Graduate University Chattanooga, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Roane State Community College Harriman, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $4,270 | 35.9% | Not available | 3,250 | Partial | |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City Johnson City, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,832 | 64.3% | Not available | 87 | Partial | |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,277 | 68.3% | Not available | 75 | Partial | |
| SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $24,700 | 41.7% | Not available | 1,712 | Complete | |
| Sandra Academy of Salon Services New Tazewell, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,621 | 33.3% | Not available | 117 | Partial | |
| South College Knoxville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $17,858 | 42.1% | Not available | 8,745 | Complete | |
| South College-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $24,345 | 49.4% | 66% | 2,773 | Complete | |
| Southern College of Optometry Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $4,754 | 19.0% | Not available | 5,047 | Partial | |
| Strayer University-Shelby Oaks Campus Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Strayer University-Tennessee Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, 4-year | $11,645 | Not available | Not available | 1,784 | Partial | |
| Studio 75 Hair Academy Millington, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 14 | Missing | |
| Sweetwater Institute of Cosmetology Sweetwater, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $2,636 | 78.4% | Not available | 22 | Partial | |
| TC Beauty Johnson City, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,859 | 88.0% | Not available | 100 | Partial | |
| TCAT Athens Athens, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $12,758 | 94.8% | Not available | 205 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $15,816 | 70.3% | Not available | 759 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest Newbern, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $9,698 | 69.0% | Not available | 717 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump Crump, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $-839 | 62.6% | Not available | 388 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson Dickson, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $14,780 | 74.5% | Not available | 714 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $8,568 | 81.1% | Not available | 546 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman Harriman, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $11,148 | 69.1% | Not available | 246 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $7,194 | 82.5% | Not available | 247 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll Paris, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $10,060 | 75.4% | Not available | 180 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald Hohenwald, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $12,267 | 64.8% | Not available | 346 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro Jacksboro, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $12,746 | 84.2% | Not available | 231 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro LaFollette, TN | TN | Public, <2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson Jackson, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $8,472 | 79.5% | Not available | 563 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $20,012 | 71.2% | Not available | 887 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston Livingston, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $12,612 | 77.7% | Not available | 340 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie McKenzie, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $7,778 | 81.3% | Not available | 95 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville McMinnville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $11,413 | 66.7% | Not available | 302 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $14,315 | 54.8% | Not available | 1,391 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown Morristown, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $15,910 | 79.7% | Not available | 642 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $6,631 | 76.1% | Not available | 709 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville Huntsville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $15,875 | 73.9% | Not available | 171 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski Pulaski, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $15,269 | 74.7% | Not available | 246 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville Shelbyville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $7,573 | 80.6% | Not available | 412 | Partial | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland Crossville, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $10,865 | 84.1% | Not available | 360 | Partial | |
| Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc Knoxville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $10,052 | 81.7% | Not available | 323 | Partial | |
| Tennessee State University Nashville, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $15,796 | 34.0% | 70% | 4,848 | Complete | |
| Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $14,246 | 57.7% | 76% | 8,698 | Complete | |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University Athens, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $14,836 | 47.6% | 69% | 846 | Complete | |
| The Hair Academy LLC Fayetteville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,823 | 85.3% | Not available | 82 | Partial | |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Nashville Nashville, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,103 | 96.8% | Not available | 33 | Partial | |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 394 | Partial | |
| The University of Tennessee Southern Pulaski, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $12,798 | 36.9% | 87% | 864 | Complete | |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $14,265 | 50.2% | 81% | 10,074 | Complete | |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $18,976 | 73.9% | 42% | 30,418 | Complete | |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $10,701 | 52.5% | 88% | 4,866 | Complete | |
| The University of the South Sewanee, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,872 | 79.8% | 57% | 1,607 | Complete | |
| Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $16,813 | 53.1% | 69% | 1,737 | Complete | |
| Tusculum University Greeneville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,131 | 25.4% | 72% | 785 | Complete | |
| Union University Jackson, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,171 | 66.0% | 60% | 1,607 | Complete | |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | TN | Public, 4-year | $12,397 | 50.9% | 72% | 12,701 | Complete | |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $15,846 | 93.5% | 6% | 7,208 | Complete | |
| Vibe Barber College Memphis, TN | TN | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,560 | 88.9% | Not available | 71 | Partial | |
| Visible Music College Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $27,820 | 22.9% | 28% | 79 | Complete | |
| Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $7,802 | 28.2% | Not available | 5,339 | Partial | |
| Walters State Community College Morristown, TN | TN | Public, 2-year | $5,387 | 33.3% | Not available | 3,591 | Partial | |
| Welch College Gallatin, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $25,263 | 53.4% | Not available | 226 | Complete | |
| William R Moore College of Technology Memphis, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $14,957 | 50.0% | Not available | 366 | Partial | |
| Williamson Christian College Franklin, TN | TN | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | 66.7% | Not available | 41 | Partial |
Frequently asked questions
How many colleges are there in Tennessee?
Tennessee has 148 degree-granting institutions tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, spanning public, private nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
What is the average cost of college in Tennessee?
The median net price across Tennessee colleges is $15,253 per year. Net price is what a typical student pays after grant aid and scholarships — a much better number than sticker price.
Which Tennessee colleges have the highest graduation rates?
The top performers by graduation rate include Allied Health Careers Institute (100.0%), Massage Institute of Memphis (100.0%), North Central Institute (100.0%). Sort the table by graduation rate to see the full ranking.
Is the data on this page up to date?
Yes. All figures come from the latest College Scorecard release published by the U.S. Department of Education.