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2023 Best Value Chemistry Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,354 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,176 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry School for You

In 2020-2021, 78 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemistry students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #46 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Chemistry Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Tennessee to see which programs offered the best value experiences for chemistry students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Chemistry Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for chemistry majors pursuing a .

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemistry

$9,438 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named East Tennessee State University the best value school in Tennessee for chemistry students. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ETSU are $9,438 a year.

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$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Middle Tennessee State University is a great value for chemistry students. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are $9,232 per year.

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$9,802 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Chemistry Schools in Tennessee list. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tennessee Tech University are $9,802 per year.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Chemistry Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofM are $10,056 per year.

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$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemistry schools in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,244 per year.

UT Knoxville also took the #5 spot in our Best Chemistry Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Full Chemistry at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

Best Value Chemistry Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemistry Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 102
Florida 190
Georgia 142
North Carolina 179
Kentucky 47
Louisiana 51
Alabama 55
South Carolina 44
Mississippi 35
Arkansas 18
West Virginia 17

Chemistry is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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