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2023 Top Tennessee Men's D2 Football Schools

Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Colleges for Division II Men's Football in Tennessee ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 3 schools in Tennessee, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for D2 Men's Football athletes in Tennessee. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the athletic competitiveness of the school and the school's overall quality. This means that a school must provide students with a great education in addition to having a good sports team if it wants to rank well.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Tennessee for D2 Men's Football athletes in Tennessee

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Tusculum University
Greeneville, Tennessee

$1,459,354 Team Revenue

$27,208 Avg Tuition & Fees

Tusculum University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D2 Men’s Football athletes in Tennessee. Located in Greeneville, Tennessee, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 228 bachelor’s degrees in . The team at Tusculum took home $1,459,354 in revenue and paid out $1,454,110 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $5,244. Read full sports report on Tusculum University

2

Carson - Newman University
Jefferson City, Tennessee

$1,925,369 Team Revenue

$33,000 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at Carson - Newman University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Men’s Football athletes in Tennessee. Located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 386 bachelor’s degrees in . The D2 Men’s Football team at Carson - Newman made $1,925,369 in revenue, while incurring $1,817,915 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $107,454. Full Carson - Newman University Sports Report

3

Lane College
Jackson, Tennessee

$1,087,329 Team Revenue

$11,790 Avg Tuition & Fees

The excellent sports programs at Lane College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for D2 Men’s Football athletes in Tennessee. Lane College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jackson, Tennessee. It awarded 105 bachelor’s degrees in . On the financial side of things, the D2 Men’s Football team at Lane College made $1,087,329 in revenue. Full Lane College Sports Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 3 schools only.

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.
• Revenue and expense information comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA) website.
• The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.