unitid 220075 · Johnson City, TN · public 4-year · city (small)
East Tennessee State University
- enrollment 2023
- 15,271
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
55th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
10,004
72nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
59th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
65th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,042
76th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,983
after aid, aided students
72nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$44,859
after entry, Title IV students
33rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,442
45th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,433 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k35%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+13%
- Median family income
- $33,885
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,472
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 588 | $74,304 | $25,091 |
| Psychology, General. | 140 | $37,942 | $17,976 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 126 | $51,918 | $19,725 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 108 | $46,637 | $22,036 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 100 | $41,482 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 91 | $50,185 | $20,625 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 82 | $107,519 | — |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 80 | $53,532 | $20,500 |
| Marketing. | 80 | $45,416 | $21,819 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 78 | $93,295 | $24,669 |
| Public Health. | 78 | $81,658 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 73 | $42,111 | $15,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.