2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Tennessee for Students from Russia

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Colleges for Russian Students in Tennessee ranking is part of that endeavor.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for Russian students in Tennessee. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

Get more details on our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Tennessee for Students from Russia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN

$19,834 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.5% International Students

Tennessee Technological University tops this year’s ranking as the best value school for Russian students in Tennessee. This medium-sized public school is located in Cookeville, Tennessee, and it awarded 1,905 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.5% are international. Students studying at Tennessee Tech University come from such countries as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and India. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Tennessee Tech University is about $19,834 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $20,702 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

$56,966 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

10.3% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Russian students in Tennessee. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2,365 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 10.3% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Vanderbilt are China, India, and South Korea. International students at Vanderbilt can expect to pay, on average, about $56,966 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $52,162 per year.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.