2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 724 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,700 and $20,937 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 706 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great arts and media management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree media management students.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Tennessee

#1

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$12,464 Average Net Price

$27,274 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 184 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

Middle Tennessee State University also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Middle Tennessee State University is $12,464 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Arts & Media Management Report

#2

Lee University

Cleveland, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$17,696 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. Cleveland, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Lee University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $17,696 for tennessee bachelor’s degree media management students per year to attend Lee University.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Lee University

#3

Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$17,499 Average Net Price

$34,704 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trevecca Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. TNU is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s media management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TNU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $17,499 for Tennessee Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students per year to attend TNU.

Full Trevecca Nazarene University Arts & Media Management Report

#4

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$35,548 Average Net Price

$32,616 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belmont University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 504 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belmont, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $35,548 for tennessee bachelor’s degree media management students per year to attend Belmont University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Belmont University

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Perspectives - The Photography Club, IIM Ahmedabad.

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