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. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Middle Tennessee State University landed the #670 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Middle Tennessee State University took the #14 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 Middle Tennessee State University took the #477 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University came in at #11.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 62.6% of the total graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are women and 37.4% are men.
About 25.2% of the graduate students who attend Middle Tennessee State University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Middle Tennessee State University is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 4.6% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,396 | $26,010 |
| Fees | $1,422 | $1,422 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Middle Tennessee State University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $50,391. That's about 14% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Middle Tennessee State University.
Contact details for Middle Tennessee State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1301 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 |
| Phone: | 615-898-2300 |
| Website: | www.mtsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/mtsublueraiders |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MTSUNews |
About 60.0% of the graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 40.2% 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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.