by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #643 spot.
In addition, ETSU took the #12 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and ETSU took the #481 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee, ETSU came in at #13.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 68.0% of the total graduate students at ETSU are women and 32.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at ETSU, around 15.3% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. ETSU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 4.0% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,784 | $23,904 |
| Fees | $1,952 | $1,952 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at ETSU is $46,995. That's about 20% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from ETSU earn an average salary of $77,726 during the early years of their career. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 3% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of East Tennessee State University.
Contact details for ETSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1276 Gilbreath Drive, Johnson City, TN 37614 |
| Phone: | 423-439-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.etsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/easttennesseestateuniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/etsu |
In 2020-2021, 51.2% of the graduate students at East Tennessee State University took at least one class online. Approximately 33.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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