Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings in Tennessee

Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings in Tennessee, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 37 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 2Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis, Tennessee82%1050$11k$73k40%770325 mi 3Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 4The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee57%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 5The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee42%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 6King UniversityBristol, Tennessee100%—$22k$60k48%908272 mi 7Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee67%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 8Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, Tennessee87%1098$10k$57k55%905324 mi 9Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee95%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 10Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee68%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 11Bryan College-DaytonDayton, Tennessee——$21k$54k50%814313 mi 12Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee60%1256$27k$54k66%1,607345 mi 13Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee66%1129$24k$54k49%2,773297 mi 14The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee81%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 15Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Tennessee63%1092$20k$50k50%1,572321 mi 16Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee69%1091$17k$49k53%1,737380 mi 17Maryville CollegeMaryville, Tennessee61%—$19k$49k50%1,005284 mi 18Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee69%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi 19Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee76%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 20University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee72%1088$12k$48k51%12,701322 mi 21Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee90%1117$20k$48k53%1,387290 mi 22Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee60%1109$22k$47k71%1,212327 mi 23Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Tennessee60%972$13k$47k35%1,547374 mi 24Milligan UniversityMilligan, Tennessee72%1189$21k$47k63%818264 mi 25Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, Tennessee69%1090$15k$46k48%846294 mi 26Fisk UniversityNashville, Tennessee37%1200$32k$45k30%1,035378 mi 27East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee86%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 28Tusculum UniversityGreeneville, Tennessee72%—$21k$44k25%785274 mi 29Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Tennessee96%1088$10k$44k40%7,560352 mi 30The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee88%1120$11k$44k53%4,866375 mi 31Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee71%1145$19k$43k63%2,617293 mi 32Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee70%1000$16k$43k34%4,848378 mi 33Johnson UniversityKnoxville, Tennessee65%1078$22k$41k57%743287 mi 34Strayer University-TennesseeNashville, Tennessee——$12k$40k0%1,784319 mi 35The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, Tennessee87%1083$13k$39k37%864314 mi 36Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, Tennessee99%—$7k$36k27%581324 mi 37Lane CollegeJackson, Tennessee——$11k$32k18%736341 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.