by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Tusculum University, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
College Factual ranked Tusculum as #2,458 out of 3,449 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list.
Tusculum also holds the #50 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
Tusculum University has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it’s not the only school you apply to, even if it’s your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at Tusculum University is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Tusculum University is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Tusculum University this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor’s degree within four years. At Tusculum this rate is 31%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Tusculum University.
The current enrollment includes 903 undergraduates at Tusculum.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Tusculum University.
The typical net cost at Tusculum is $16,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.### Net Price by Income Group for Tusculum
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,818 | $18,160 | $21,842 | $27,678 | $26,388 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid. Note that the net price is typically less than the published price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Tusculum, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Tusculum, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $6,730 a year. That adds up to $26,920 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 8.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you’ll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans. Get more details about paying for Tusculum University.
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor’s degree recipients from Tusculum University make around $44,367 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate’s salary of $49,219 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.
See which majors at Tusculum University make the most money.
Tusculum University is an private not-for-profit institution situated in Greeneville, Tennessee. The surrounding location of Greeneville is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town. Get more details about the location of Tusculum University.
Get in touch with Tusculum University are listed below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 60 Shiloh Road, Greeneville, TN 37743 |
| Phone: | 4236367300 |
| Website: | www.tusculum.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/tusculumcollege |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/tusculumcollege |
In the latest year of available data, students from 19 majors graduated from Tusculum University. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 357 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 107 | $43,445 |
| General Education | 56 | $36,365 |
| Health & Physical Education | 56 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 26 | NA |
| General Psychology | 22 | $29,042 |
| Human Resource Management | 13 | NA |
| General Biology | 12 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 9 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 9 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
130 students took at least one online class at Tusculum University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.