by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville took the #164 spot. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. For this achievement, UT Knoxville received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee, UT Knoxville came in at #3.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, UT Knoxville came in at #118.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee, UT Knoxville came in at #2.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 55.8% of the total graduate students at UT Knoxville are women and 44.2% are men.
Of all the graduate students at UT Knoxville, around 14.2% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 11.5% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,468 | $29,656 |
| Fees | $1,912 | $2,142 |
After obtaining their master's degree from UT Knoxville, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $55,130. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 6% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from UT Knoxville earn an average salary of $67,466 during the early years of their career. That's about 10% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.
Contact details for UT Knoxville are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996 |
| Phone: | 865-974-1000 |
| Website: | www.utk.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UTKnoxville |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UTKnoxville |
Around 31.6% of UT Knoxville graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 23.2% 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.
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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