The Cheapest Colleges in Tennessee by Average Net Price for 2021
The lowest 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. Le Moyne Owen College leads the list with a $7,531 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 2018/2019 academic year.
| College | Net Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
#1 Le Moyne Owen CollegeMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$7,531 | 59% |
#2 Baptist Memorial College of Health SciencesMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$10,088 | 40% |
#3 Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Public Not For Profit |
$11,460 | 41% |
#4 The University of Tennessee MartinMartin, Public Not For Profit |
$11,673 | 33% |
#5 Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Public Not For Profit |
$11,964 | 38% |
#6 Tennessee Wesleyan CollegeAthens, Private Not For Profit |
$12,043 | 65% |
#7 Lane CollegeJackson, Private Not For Profit |
$12,662 | 37% |
#8 South CollegeKnoxville, Private For Profit |
$12,748 | 61% |
#9 Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Public Not For Profit |
$13,440 | 37% |
#10 University of MemphisMemphis, Public Not For Profit |
$13,481 | 38% |
#11 The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaChattanooga, Public Not For Profit |
$13,927 | 32% |
#12 Tennessee Temple UniversityChattanooga, Private Not For Profit |
$14,115 | 29% |
#13 East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Public Not For Profit |
$14,696 | 22% |
#14 Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Private Not For Profit |
$15,649 | 43% |
#15 Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Public Not For Profit |
$16,634 | 17% |
#16 Bryan CollegeDayton, Private Not For Profit |
$16,650 | 55% |
#17 Freed Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Private Not For Profit |
$16,760 | 48% |
#18 Lee UniversityCleveland, Private Not For Profit |
$16,949 | 41% |
#19 Milligan CollegeMilligan College, Private Not For Profit |
$17,371 | 52% |
#20 Tusculum CollegeGreeneville, Private Not For Profit |
$17,533 | 53% |
#21 Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$18,036 | 48% |
#22 University of Phoenix Nashville CampusNashville, Private For Profit |
$18,150 | -10% |
#23 Victory UniversityMemphis, Private For Profit |
$18,212 | 13% |
#24 University of Phoenix KnoxvilleKnoxville, Private For Profit |
$18,214 | -11% |
#25 University of Phoenix Memphis CampusCordova, Private For Profit |
$18,244 | -7% |
#26 Carson Newman CollegeJefferson City, Private Not For Profit |
$18,531 | 53% |
#27 American Baptist CollegeNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$18,759 | 17% |
#28 University of Phoenix Chattanooga CampusChattanooga, Private For Profit |
$18,784 | -10% |
#29 Johnson UniversityKnoxville, Private Not For Profit |
$18,921 | 25% |
#30 Martin Methodist CollegePulaski, Private Not For Profit |
$19,207 | 45% |
#31 Fountainhead College of TechnologyKnoxville, Private For Profit |
$19,476 | 16% |
#32 Maryville CollegeMaryville, Private Not For Profit |
$19,778 | 59% |
#33 Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$19,802 | 55% |
#34 Daymar College MurfreesboroMurfreesboro, Private For Profit |
$20,190 | 22% |
#35 Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Private Not For Profit |
$20,374 | 37% |
#36 Daymar College ClarksvilleClarksville, Private For Profit |
$20,877 | 19% |
#37 Aquinas CollegeNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$20,892 | 35% |
#38 The University of TennesseeKnoxville, Public Not For Profit |
$21,024 | 20% |
#39 Daymar College NashvilleNashville, Private For Profit |
$21,069 | 17% |
#40 Nossi College of ArtMadison, Private For Profit |
$21,276 | 11% |
#41 Free Will Baptist Bible CollegeNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$21,329 | 25% |
#42 King CollegeBristol, Private Not For Profit |
$22,098 | 46% |
#43 Visible Music CollegeMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$22,880 | 13% |
#44 Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Private Not For Profit |
$23,623 | 24% |
#45 Fisk UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$24,225 | 31% |
#46 Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$25,855 | 63% |
#47 Williamson Christian CollegeFranklin, Private Not For Profit |
$25,910 | -2% |
#48 Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$26,013 | 46% |
#49 Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Private Not For Profit |
$26,787 | 19% |
#50 O'More College of DesignFranklin, Private Not For Profit |
$26,987 | 29% |
#51 Virginia College School of Business and HealthChattanooga, Private For Profit |
$28,851 | -26% |
#52 Watkins College of Art Design & FilmNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$30,279 | 20% |
#53 Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Private Not For Profit |
$30,632 | 51% |
#54 Union UniversityJackson, Private Not For Profit |
$31,980 | 30% |
#55 Sewanee The University of the SouthSewanee, Private Not For Profit |
$34,971 | 43% |
#56 Belmont UniversityNashville, Private Not For Profit |
$36,976 | 25% |