2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

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General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 629 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,822 and $35,654 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 193 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Tennessee

#1

Bethel University

McKenzie, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$11,382 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,072 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bethel University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. Bethel is a small school located in McKenzie, Tennessee that handed out 119 masters’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Bethel not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bethel University are $11,382, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bethel University General Business/Commerce Report

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$24,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$83,848 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Belmont University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee. Belmont University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 71 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

Belmont not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belmont University are $24,260, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Belmont General Business/Commerce Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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