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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,642 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's 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 Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for general business students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Business & Commerce

#1

Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

Our analysis found Bethel University to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Tennessee. Bethel is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of McKenzie.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel are $11,723 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Bethel University

#2

Belmont University

Nashville, TN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Belmont University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in Tennessee. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belmont are $25,180 per year.

Belmont also took the #3 spot in our Best Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Belmont University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lincoln Memorial University is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Harrogate, LMU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LMU are $20,104 a year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Lincoln Memorial University

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 3 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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