The Most Expensive Colleges in Tennessee by Average Net Price for 2023
The highest net price colleges in Tennessee are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. Sewanee The University of the South leads the list with a $36,244 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.
Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2014-2015 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#1 Sewanee The University of the SouthSewanee, Private Not For Profit |
$36,244 | 44% |
#2 Belmont UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$34,368 | 35% |
#3 Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$29,852 | 53% |
#4 Virginia College School of Business and HealthChattanooga, Private For Profit |
$28,851 | -26% |
#5 Visible Music CollegeMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$27,863 | -7% |
#6 Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Private Not For Profit |
$27,071 | 25% |
#7 O'More College of DesignFranklin, Private Not For Profit |
$26,987 | 29% |
#8 Union UniversityJackson, Private Not For Profit |
$26,906 | 43% |
#9 Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$26,421 | 48% |
#10 Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$25,804 | 66% |
#11 Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Private Not For Profit |
$24,491 | 25% |
#12 Daymar College ClarksvilleClarksville, Private For Profit |
$24,011 | 17% |
#13 Nossi College of ArtMadison, Private For Profit |
$22,843 | 10% |
#14 Daymar College MurfreesboroMurfreesboro, Private For Profit |
$22,636 | 23% |
#15 Daymar College NashvilleNashville, Private For Profit |
$22,367 | 24% |
#16 Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Private Not For Profit |
$22,251 | 39% |
#17 King CollegeBristol, Private Not For Profit |
$22,020 | 50% |
#18 American Baptist CollegeNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$21,785 | 4% |
#19 Fisk UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$21,450 | 41% |
#20 Free Will Baptist Bible CollegeNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$21,142 | 25% |