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2025 Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Tennessee

3 Colleges in Tennessee
583 Media Management Degrees Awarded
$33,379 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in arts & media management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #136 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for arts & media management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 583 degrees in arts & media management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Arts & Media Management School

Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Tennessee Your choice of arts & media management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Arts & Media Management 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.

Arts & Media Management Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Media Management
Bachelor's Degrees in Media Management

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Arts & Media Management Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Arts & Media Management in Tennessee

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the media management degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Tennessee Schools in Media Management

1
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Belmont University
Nashville, TN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
411 Media Management Degrees Awarded
$30,666 Median Starting Salary

Belmont University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in arts & media management. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville.

There were roughly 411 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Belmont in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the media management program report average early career earnings of $30,666.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
106 Media Management Degrees Awarded
$27,172 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in arts & media management has to take a look at Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

There were about 106 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at Middle Tennessee State University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, media management degree recipients usually earn an average of $27,172 in the first five years of their career.

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3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
40 Media Management Degrees Awarded
62.5% Growth in Graduates

SAE Institute - Nashville is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in arts & media management. SAE Institute - Nashville is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

There were approximately 40 arts & media management students who graduated with this degree at SAE Institute - Nashville in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the media management program report average early career income of $17,881.

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Best Arts & Media Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Arts & Media Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 287 49
Florida 282 642
North Carolina 279 119
Virginia 274 36
South Carolina 248 98
Kentucky 244 49
Louisiana 242 78
Mississippi 234 48
Arkansas 234 8
Alabama 233 32
West Virginia 207 6

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One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Arts & Media Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Media Management Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Music Management 397
Other Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management 107
General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management 75
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management 3
Fine & Studio Arts Management 1

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Majors Similar to Media Management

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 822
Fine & Studio Arts 460
Design & Applied Arts 372
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 271
Drama & Theater Arts 232
General Visual & Performing Arts 78
Dance 15
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 1

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