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2023 Best Value Sociology Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,787 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,049 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Sociology School for You

Sociology is the #63 most popular major in Tennessee with 40 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Sociology 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 5 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value programs for sociology 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 Sociology Schools in Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Sociology

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for sociology students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the 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 Sociology Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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$9,232 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Middle Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Murfreesboro.

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

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#3

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Sociology at University of Memphis

$9,438 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at East Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in Tennessee. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ETSU are $9,438 per year.

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#5

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
$56,966 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Vanderbilt University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best sociology schools in Tennessee. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Vanderbilt undergraduate students pay an average of $56,966 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Vanderbilt also made our Best Sociology Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Sociology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 39
Florida 57
Georgia 49
North Carolina 80
Kentucky 24
Louisiana 17
Alabama 54
South Carolina 2
Mississippi 18
Arkansas 10
West Virginia 6

Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Anthropology 1,446

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Kontos.

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