Ranked #149 in popularity, advertising is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for advertising students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 degrees in advertising to qualified students.
Your choice of advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The advertising school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Advertising Schools in Tennessee.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the advertising degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in advertising needs to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #226 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Memphis is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in advertising. UofM is a fairly large public university located in the city of Memphis. This university ranks 12th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 4 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UofM in the most recent year we have data available.
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Lee University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in advertising. Located in the city of Cleveland, Lee University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 11 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Lee University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of advertising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
