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2023 Best Value Law Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,119 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Law School for You

In 2020-2021, 597 degrees and certificates were awarded to law students who went to a Tennessee college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Law Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value programs for law 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Law Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Law Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Law

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best value school in Tennessee for law students. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Knoxville undergraduate students pay an average of $13,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Knoxville also took the #4 spot in our Best Law Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Full Law at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN
$10,056 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for law students. UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UofM are $10,056 a year.

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#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN
$56,966 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Law Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our Best Law Schools in Tennessee rankings.

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$24,210 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lincoln Memorial University is a great value for law students. LMU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the town of Harrogate.

LMU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,210 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Law Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 879
Virginia 1,111
North Carolina 1,005
Florida 2,043
Kentucky 347
South Carolina 388
Louisiana 719
Arkansas 241
Alabama 305
Mississippi 236
West Virginia 104

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Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Support Services 11,545
Legal Research 6,874
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 4,407
Legal Professions (Other) 2,013

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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