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2022 Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

8 Ranked Colleges
382 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor's in Tennessee

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mathematics is the 32nd most popular major in the country with 31,080 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,066 and had an average of $21,378 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 458 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,760 and $21,745 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 382 mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mathematics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mathematics in Tennessee

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 38 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $18,825 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Math students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Tennessee State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The yearly cost to attend Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for tennessee bachelor’s degree math students.

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#3

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. Tennessee Technological University is a public institution located in Cookeville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Math students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mathematics at Tennessee Technological University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a fairly large school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee that handed out 13 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Chattanooga also took the #5 spot in our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $12,952 for tennessee bachelor’s degree math students per year to attend UT Chattanooga.

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#5

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. UofM is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee bachelor’s degree math students list, UofM has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UofM is $13,248 for tennessee bachelor’s degree math students.

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#6

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

With a ranking of #6, East Tennessee State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. ETSU is a fairly large public school situated in Johnson City, Tennessee. It awarded 19 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Tennessee State University is $14,332 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Math students.

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#7

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, Tennessee

Austin Peay State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. This fairly large school is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our tennessee bachelor’s degree math students list, Austin Peay State University has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Peay State University is $13,692 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Math students.

Full Austin Peay State University Mathematics Report

#8

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

Vanderbilt University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 121 bachelors’s math degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vanderbilt is $19,432 for tennessee bachelor’s degree math students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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