Debt by Degrees » Tennessee
This database was last updated in March 2017 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Scorecard.
Tennessee Colleges
Research University (10)
Predominately Associate Degrees College (37)
Predominately Bachelor's Degrees College (13)
Medical & Nursing School (3)
Tech & Engineering School (4)
Business School (1)
Art School (7)
Master's College (19)
Unclassified (76)
| Name | Type | Students Receiving Pell Grants | Avg. Cost for Low-Income Students | Median Federal Debt of Pell Grantees | Nonrepayment Rate of Pell Grantees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Beauty School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 63% | $14,353 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Athens | Public, 2-year | 43% | $5,214 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Covington | Public, 2-year | 49% | $8,500 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson | Public, 2-year | 61% | $9,485 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton | Public, 2-year | 66% | $9,140 | ||
| Fayetteville College of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 63% | $13,721 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman | Public, 2-year | 87% | $6,866 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville | Public, 2-year | 43% | $8,250 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald | Public, 2-year | 65% | $9,194 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro | Public, 2-year | 68% | $5,256 | ||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 49% | $16,280 | $9,833 | 67.3% |
| Knoxville Institute of Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 66% | $6,560 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston | Public, 2-year | 48% | $5,450 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie | Public, 2-year | 70% | $7,275 | ||
| Genesis Career College-Cookeville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 62% | $12,429 | $6,334 | 73.8% |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis | Public, 2-year | 56% | $5,638 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown | Public, 2-year | 41% | $7,084 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro | Public, 2-year | 45% | $9,467 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Newbern | Public, 2-year | 55% | $4,072 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Paris | Public, 2-year | 82% | $6,259 | ||
| Plaza Beauty School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 63% | $12,928 | $6,706 | 75.9% |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski | Public, 2-year | 24% | $6,210 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Ripley | Public, 2-year | 56% | $2,793 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump | Public, 2-year | 89% | $4,533 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville | Public, 2-year | 46% | $5,567 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville | Public, 2-year | 35% | $6,376 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crossville | Public, 2-year | 70% | $9,446 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville | Public, 2-year | 74% | $8,788 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville | Public, 2-year | 41% | $5,434 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Whiteville | Public, 2-year | 81% | $5,784 | ||
| Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 38% | $10,800 | $5,732 | |
| New Concepts School of Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 99% | $7,803 | ||
| Volunteer Beauty Academy-Dyersburg | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 74% | $9,476 | ||
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville | Public, 2-year | 51% | $6,595 | 78.1% | |
| Mr Wayne's School of Unisex Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 71% | $12,313 | ||
| Queen City College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 63% | $9,726 | ||
| Genesis Career College-Lebanon | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 56% | $8,620 | $7,163 | 82.4% |
| Volunteer Beauty Academy-Madison | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 64% | $9,164 | ||
| Volunteer Beauty Academy-Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 73% | $8,343 | ||
| Franklin Academy | Private not-for-profit, less-than 2-year | 66% | $9,514 | ||
| Tennessee Academy of Cosmetology-Shelby Drive | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 89% | $9,667 | $6,333 | |
| Styles and Profiles Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 82% | $1,473 | ||
| Buchanan Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 67% | $7,025 | ||
| International Barber & Style College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 93% | $14,589 | ||
| Career Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $6,128 | ||
| Shear Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 95% | $7,953 | ||
| Institute of Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 89% | $10,236 | ||
| Tennessee Career Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 56% | $11,193 | 71.6% | |
| Memphis Institute of Barbering | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 100% | $4,765 | ||
| The Hair Design School-S Memphis | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 88% | $12,825 | $8,578 | 76.8% |
| The Hair Design School-N Memphis | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 85% | $12,745 | $8,100 | 88.9% |
| Nashville Barber and Style Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 98% | $10,865 | ||
| Regency Beauty Institute-Knoxville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 89% | $19,560 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| Buchanan Beauty College of Tullahoma | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 54% | $8,718 | ||
| Vibe Barber College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 56% | $13,819 | ||
| Mind Body Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 26% | $12,952 | ||
| Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 91% | $8,979 | $9,500 | 71.5% |
| Buchanan Beauty College-Pleasantview | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 45% | $6,460 | ||
| Nashville College of Medical Careers | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 87% | $19,885 | $8,500 | |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson | Public, 2-year | 58% | $7,243 | ||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Knoxville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 69% | $11,925 | $11,652 | |
| Elite College of Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 89% | $9,864 | ||
| The Center for Cosmetology Education | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 100% | $13,703 | ||
| Tennessee Academy of Cosmetology-Stage Road | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 82% | $10,459 | $6,333 | |
| Jenny Lea Academy of Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 62% | $18,596 | $6,868 | 70.3% |
| Regency Beauty Institute-Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 81% | $19,491 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 45% | $10,242 | $9,500 | 65.0% |
| Love Beauty School Inc | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 68% | $7,547 | ||
| Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 19% | $6,840 | ||
| Regency Beauty Institute-Chattanooga | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 78% | $19,174 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| Empire Beauty School-E Memphis | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 78% | $11,317 | $7,000 | 83.4% |
| Empire Beauty School-Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 50% | $11,401 | $7,427 | 73.2% |
| Empire Beauty School-Jackson | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 93% | $11,936 | $7,340 | 67.8% |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 58% | $13,261 | $9,833 | 67.3% |
| Regency Beauty Institute-North Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $20,406 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Nashville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 34% | $9,481 | $9,833 | |
| Tennessee State University | Public, 4-year | 65% | $8,798 | $15,000 | 76.4% |
| University of Memphis | Public, 4-year | 47% | $9,894 | $20,250 | 72.3% |
| East Tennessee State University | Public, 4-year | 43% | $12,495 | $15,000 | 55.4% |
| Lipscomb University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 25% | $18,680 | $21,014 | 40.0% |
| Tennessee Technological University | Public, 4-year | 36% | $9,532 | $11,021 | 43.4% |
| Union University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 28% | $20,815 | $21,500 | 45.6% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Public, 4-year | 45% | $7,904 | $16,197 | 57.2% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 40% | $16,185 | $14,500 | 41.7% |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Public, 4-year | 30% | $8,770 | $17,500 | 40.4% |
| Vanderbilt University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 14% | $6,905 | $8,945 | 20.7% |
| Remington College-Nashville Campus | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 66% | $21,984 | $9,500 | 79.0% |
| L'Ecole Culinaire-Memphis | Private for-profit, 2-year | 34% | $19,774 | $14,605 | 88.0% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Chattanooga | Private for-profit, 4-year | 83% | $22,524 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Vatterott College-Appling Farms | Private for-profit, 2-year | 27% | $19,082 | $13,000 | 89.0% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Johnson City | Private for-profit, 4-year | 86% | $25,148 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Virginia College-Knoxville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 92% | $16,621 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Chattanooga State Community College | Public, 2-year | 46% | $7,584 | $7,609 | 76.9% |
| Cleveland State Community College | Public, 2-year | 45% | $4,039 | $6,750 | 71.9% |
| Jackson State Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $8,743 | ||
| Columbia State Community College | Public, 2-year | 42% | $5,029 | $8,006 | 67.8% |
| Concorde Career College-Memphis | Private for-profit, 2-year | 52% | $17,230 | $9,500 | 83.2% |
| Dyersburg State Community College | Public, 2-year | 49% | $5,304 | $3,872 | 78.2% |
| Chattanooga College Medical Dental and Technical Careers | Private for-profit, 2-year | 58% | $22,335 | $9,782 | 87.3% |
| John A Gupton College | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 64% | $8,009 | $14,750 | 71.6% |
| Motlow College | Public, 2-year | 29% | $6,582 | $3,500 | 66.2% |
| Roane State Community College | Public, 2-year | 45% | $7,120 | $6,933 | 61.8% |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 74% | $16,975 | $10,000 | 75.9% |
| Nashville State Community College | Public, 2-year | 50% | $7,510 | $7,250 | 78.6% |
| Pellissippi State Community College | Public, 2-year | 39% | $6,717 | $7,424 | 71.0% |
| Northeast State Community College | Public, 2-year | 46% | $6,377 | $5,250 | 70.0% |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College | Public, 2-year | 58% | $4,710 | ||
| Volunteer State Community College | Public, 2-year | 37% | $6,362 | $4,500 | 63.2% |
| West Tennessee Business College | Private for-profit, 2-year | 87% | $12,623 | 80.0% | |
| Brightwood College-Nashville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 75% | $22,541 | $8,876 | 84.8% |
| Walters State Community College | Public, 2-year | 41% | $3,138 | $3,500 | 59.9% |
| William Moore College of Technology | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 25% | $9,958 | ||
| Remington College-Memphis Campus | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 82% | $21,273 | $9,500 | 79.0% |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Clarksville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 84% | $19,870 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| National College-Nashville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 82% | $18,010 | $14,345 | 89.1% |
| SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 51% | $30,747 | $9,500 | 70.5% |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Madison | Private for-profit, 2-year | 84% | $20,421 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| Fortis Institute-Cookeville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 79% | $19,419 | $9,309 | 77.6% |
| North Central Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year | 15% | $20,800 | ||
| Vatterott College-Dividend | Private for-profit, 2-year | 34% | $17,597 | $13,511 | 89.0% |
| Virginia College-School of Business and Health-Chattanooga | Private for-profit, 2-year | 88% | $17,741 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Chattanooga | Private for-profit, 2-year | 83% | $21,070 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| Fortis Institute-Nashville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 94% | $25,580 | $9,500 | 80.6% |
| Welch College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 43% | $16,777 | $14,375 | 56.3% |
| Fisk University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 58% | $19,591 | $22,875 | 64.8% |
| Sewanee-The University of the South | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 19% | $9,107 | $16,855 | 19.5% |
| Tennessee Wesleyan College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 48% | $10,791 | $15,000 | 46.3% |
| Rhodes College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 14% | $17,412 | $25,000 | 31.6% |
| Martin Methodist College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 55% | $17,794 | $11,000 | 67.9% |
| Le Moyne-Owen College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 76% | $12,866 | $12,075 | 88.5% |
| Daymar Institute-Murfreesboro | Private for-profit, 4-year | 84% | $24,786 | $15,749 | 85.8% |
| Lane College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 24% | $12,336 | $15,000 | 91.8% |
| Maryville College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $15,551 | $17,575 | 32.4% |
| Hiwassee College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 48% | $11,919 | $8,890 | 73.0% |
| Daymar Institute-Clarksville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 78% | $23,229 | $15,749 | 85.8% |
| Daymar Institute-Nashville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 86% | $23,660 | $15,749 | 85.8% |
| Aquinas College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 41% | $19,176 | $20,500 | 53.8% |
| Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 57% | $5,618 | $23,166 | 48.6% |
| Argosy University-Nashville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 70% | $18,525 | $10,000 | 86.2% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Cordova | Private for-profit, 4-year | 76% | $23,947 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Fountainhead College of Technology | Private for-profit, 4-year | 69% | $24,941 | 77.4% | |
| ITT Technical Institute-Nashville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 74% | $23,798 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Knoxville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 81% | $23,918 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| DeVry University-Tennessee | Private for-profit, 4-year | 67% | $27,948 | $20,000 | 71.1% |
| O'More College of Design | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 36% | $18,841 | $23,000 | 38.5% |
| Watkins College of Art Design & Film | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 41% | $27,326 | $23,500 | 61.5% |
| Visible Music College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 49% | $27,782 | $20,750 | |
| Nossi College of Art | Private for-profit, 4-year | 63% | $21,004 | $24,125 | 74.9% |
| Memphis College of Art | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 58% | $15,024 | $21,375 | 68.5% |
| International Academy of Design and Technology-Nashville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 75% | $36,269 | 85.7% | |
| The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 68% | $22,849 | $12,667 | 79.9% |
| Bethel University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 61% | $19,730 | $15,250 | 75.2% |
| Austin Peay State University | Public, 4-year | 52% | $8,497 | $15,750 | 62.8% |
| Lee University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $12,273 | $19,250 | 45.5% |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | Public, 4-year | 48% | $5,016 | $16,500 | 55.5% |
| South College | Private for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $28,756 | $13,834 | 75.5% |
| Southern Adventist University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $17,297 | $22,500 | 39.3% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 51% | $11,195 | $14,500 | 52.8% |
| Strayer University-Tennessee | Private for-profit, 4-year | 56% | $30,182 | $9,500 | 82.7% |
| Milligan College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 35% | $11,942 | $19,000 | 43.8% |
| King University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 46% | $16,651 | $18,000 | 41.9% |
| Freed-Hardeman University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 32% | $13,347 | $20,040 | 43.2% |
| University of Phoenix-Tennessee | Private for-profit, 4-year | 72% | $17,482 | $14,250 | 81.7% |
| Carson-Newman University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 40% | $10,393 | $15,250 | 42.7% |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Public, 4-year | 34% | $6,873 | $13,167 | 53.1% |
| Tusculum College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 59% | $15,915 | $21,650 | 57.0% |
| Belmont University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 17% | $25,586 | $21,500 | 32.3% |
| Bryan College-Dayton | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $10,997 | $8,469 | 34.7% |
| Christian Brothers University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 42% | $6,466 | $23,000 | 56.6% |
| Cumberland University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $16,600 | $17,850 | 51.5% |