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2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$31,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master's in Tennessee

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chemistry is the 44th most popular major in the country with 21,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 399 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,900 and $19,454 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in chemistry. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemistry programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry 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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Tennessee

#1

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality
$25,679 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

ETSU also made our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679.

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#2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee
#2 in overall quality
$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality
$26,172 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that handed out 5 masters’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Middle Tennessee State University are $26,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Chemistry Report

#4

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality
$20,498 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee Technological University are $20,498, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#1 in overall quality
$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

Read full report on Chemistry at Vanderbilt

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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