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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,130 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 187 degrees and certificates were awarded to social sciences students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Sciences

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for social sciences students. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Knoxville is ranked #5 for overall quality for social sciences in Tennessee.

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#2

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN
$8,336 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Tennessee State University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,336 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UofM undergraduate students pay an average of $10,056 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Middle Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Middle Tennessee State University are $9,232 a year.

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$9,438 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the 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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#6

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
$56,966 Average Tuition & Fees

Vanderbilt University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vanderbilt are $56,966 per year.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our Best Social Sciences Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
Florida 594
Virginia 627
North Carolina 572
Georgia 456
West Virginia 86
Louisiana 163
South Carolina 80
Kentucky 150
Arkansas 47
Alabama 263

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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