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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$14,489 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 6,169 degrees and certificates from a Tennessee school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Bryan College - Dayton the best value school in Tennessee for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Dayton, William Jennings Bryan College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

William Jennings Bryan College graduate students pay an average of $9,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 28 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,380 per year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee list.

Full Business Administration & Management at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#3

Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cumberland University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. CU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Lebanon.

CU graduate students pay an average of $7,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Cumberland University Report

Out of the 28 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga graduate students pay an average of $10,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Report

#5

Union University

Jackson, TN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Union University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union are $11,666 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Union University Report

#6

Tusculum University

Greeneville, TN

With a ranking of #6, Tusculum University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their master’s degree. Tusculum is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Greeneville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tusculum are $7,200 a year.

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Middle Tennessee State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.

Middle Tennessee State University graduate students pay an average of $10,818 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Tennessee Technological University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Tennessee Tech University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University graduate students pay an average of $11,762 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UofM are $10,908 a year.

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#10

Carson - Newman University

Jefferson City, TN

Carson - Newman University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee ranking. Carson - Newman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Jefferson City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Carson - Newman are $9,632 a year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,852
Virginia 11,308
North Carolina 10,472
Florida 18,071
Kentucky 2,692
South Carolina 4,017
Louisiana 5,195
Arkansas 2,031
Alabama 7,031
Mississippi 2,589
West Virginia 4,631

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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