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2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
554 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pharmacy is the 48th most popular major in the country with 15,416 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Tennessee, there were 554 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in pharmacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmacy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Colleges for Pharmacy (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 95 students in 2019-2020.

ETSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $10,632 for tennessee pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ETSU.

Read full report on Pharmacy at ETSU

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pharmacy degrees to 92 students in 2019-2020.

Belmont also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $25,980 for tennessee pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Belmont University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Pharmacy at Belmont University

#3

South College

Knoxville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. South College is a medium-sized school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 80 ’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

South College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $16,958 for Tennessee Pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South College.

Full South College Pharmacy Report

#4

Lipscomb University

Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lipscomb University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 77 diplomas to qualified ’s pharmacy students in 2019-2020.

Lipscomb also took the #3 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $20,036 for tennessee pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Lipscomb.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Lipscomb Pharmacy Report

#5

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 ’s pharmacy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Union, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Schools in Tennessee” ranking. It costs about $26,079 for tennessee pharmacy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Union.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Union Pharmacy Report

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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