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Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,636 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,646 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree School for You

With 664 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general business/commerce is the #25 most popular major in Tennessee.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for general business students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Business & Commerce

Our 2023 rankings named Strayer University - Tennessee the best value school in Tennessee for general business/commerce students working on their associate degree. Strayer University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Strayer University - Tennessee are $13,515 a year. The average amount in student loans that general business majors at Strayer University - Tennessee take out while working on their Associate Degree is $31,054.

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#2

Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Bethel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of McKenzie.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bethel are $13,981 a year.

Bethel also made our Best Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #5.

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#3

Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

The excellent associate degree programs at Cumberland University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in Tennessee. CU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Lebanon.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU are $25,412 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, general business majors at CU accumulate an average of around $6,077 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Christian Brothers University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee list. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Christian Brothers are $34,820 per year.

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Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,025
Virginia 1,437
North Carolina 494
Florida 1,813
Kentucky 2,455
South Carolina 832
Louisiana 712
Arkansas 767
Alabama 302
Mississippi 607
West Virginia 883

General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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