Most Affordable Colleges in Tennessee
25 schools ranked by lowest average net price after financial aid. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roane State Community College Harriman · community | $4,270 | 35.5% | $39,407 | — |
| 2 | Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg · community | $4,612 | 31.8% | $36,132 | — |
| 3 | Columbia State Community College Columbia · community | $4,734 | 30.9% | $40,256 | — |
| 4 | Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis · community | $4,754 | 19.1% | $34,071 | — |
| 5 | Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville · community | $4,983 | 33.4% | $38,440 | — |
| 6 | Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga · community | $5,283 | 28.0% | $37,598 | — |
| 7 | Walters State Community College Morristown · community | $5,387 | 34.9% | $37,085 | — |
| 8 | Jackson State Community College Jackson · community | $6,236 | 28.3% | $35,224 | — |
| 9 | Cleveland State Community College Cleveland · community | $6,384 | 30.5% | $36,671 | — |
| 10 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro · public | $6,631 | 75.3% | $40,869 | — |
| 11 | Nashville State Community College Nashville · community | $6,777 | 23.7% | $38,519 | — |
| 12 | Northeast State Community College Blountville · community | $6,864 | 37.3% | $34,553 | — |
| 13 | Le Moyne-Owen College Memphis · private | $7,099 | 26.9% | $35,594 | 99.2% |
| 14 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville · public | $7,194 | 79.1% | $40,469 | — |
| 15 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville Shelbyville · public | $7,573 | 73.4% | $38,700 | — |
| 16 | Volunteer State Community College Gallatin · community | $7,802 | 27.2% | $41,150 | — |
| 17 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson Jackson · public | $8,472 | 77.3% | $38,383 | — |
| 18 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton · public | $8,568 | 79.9% | $35,069 | — |
| 19 | Lawrenceburg Technical College Lawrenceburg · private | $9,581 | 54.4% | $25,089 | — |
| 20 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest Newbern · public | $9,698 | 66.5% | $38,514 | — |
| 21 | Austin Peay State University Clarksville · public | $9,735 | 43.4% | $44,301 | 96.4% |
| 22 | Christian Brothers University Memphis · private | $9,854 | 59.2% | $57,478 | 86.7% |
| 23 | TC Beauty Johnson City · private | $9,859 | 81.0% | $21,153 | — |
| 24 | Austin's Beauty College Inc Clarksville · private | $9,989 | 70.6% | — | — |
| 25 | Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc Knoxville · private | $10,052 | 74.6% | $19,913 | — |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.