2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Tennessee for Students from Ukraine

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Ukrainian Students in Tennessee ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Tennessee to determine which were the best for Ukrainian 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.

Customizing Your List

Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

We've created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you're torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Top Value Colleges in Tennessee for Students from Ukraine

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN

$28,264 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.3% International Students

Our analysis found Middle Tennessee State University to be the best affordable school for Ukrainian students in Tennessee in this year’s ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a large public school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that handed out 3,926 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 2.3% of the total student body at the school. Students studying at Middle Tennessee State University come from such countries as Saudi Arabia, China, and India. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Middle Tennessee State University is about $28,264 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $27,432 per year.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Report

2

Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN

$35,752 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.3% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Lipscomb University is a great place for Ukrainian students in Tennessee working on their bachelor’s degree. Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 725 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.3% are international. Students studying at Lipscomb come from such countries as China, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom. International students at Lipscomb can expect to pay, on average, about $35,752 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $17,100 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Lipscomb University Report

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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.