by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. 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.
Tennessee State University came in at #867 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee, Tennessee State University came in at #22.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Tennessee State University came in at #526.
In addition, Tennessee State University took the #15 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 69.9% of the total graduate students at Tennessee State University are women and 30.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 54.1% of the graduate student population at Tennessee State University. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 7.1% of graduate students hail from another country. 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 | $9,524 | $21,628 |
| Fees | $1,208 | $1,208 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Tennessee State University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $57,524. That's about 2% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Tennessee State University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $68,196. That's about 9% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Tennessee State University.
Contact details for Tennessee State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209-1561 |
| Phone: | 615-963-5000 |
| Website: | www.tnstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://on.fb.me/TSUnewsroom |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/TSUedu |
Around 49.3% of Tennessee State University graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 22.9% of grad students took all of their classes online.
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.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Engineering | 5 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 3 |
| Educational Administration | 25 |
| General Biology | 12 |
| General Psychology | 10 |
| Public Administration | 2 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 31 |
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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