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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,540 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,138 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce School for You

In 2020-2021, 176 degrees and certificates were awarded to general business/commerce students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Business & Commerce Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to see which programs offered the best value experiences for general business students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Business & Commerce

#1

Bethel University

McKenzie, TN
$13,981 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Bethel University to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the distant town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Bethel undergraduate students pay an average of $13,981 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Bethel University

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, TN
$38,430 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Belmont University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in Tennessee. Located in the large city of Nashville, Belmont is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Belmont are $38,430 a year.

Belmont did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business & Commerce Schools in Tennessee list.

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$24,210 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Memorial University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Schools in Tennessee list. LMU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Harrogate.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LMU are $24,210 a year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Lincoln Memorial University Report

Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 160
Florida 559
Georgia 373
Kentucky 1,422
Louisiana 138
Alabama 35
South Carolina 123
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 275

One of 20 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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