unitid 220701 · Pulaski, TN · public 4-year · town (distant)
The University of Tennessee Southern
- enrollment 2023
- 1,040
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
58th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
864
10th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
36%
undergrads on Pell grants
63rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
37%
finish within 150% time
31st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,750
62nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,798
after aid, aided students
51st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,924
after entry, Title IV students
13th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th 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 $9,335 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
- 0-30k42%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $29,930
- First-generation students
- 41%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,924
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 36 | — | $24,625 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 16 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 15 | — | — |
| Behavioral Sciences. | 14 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 12 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 10 | $63,105 | $25,683 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 9 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 8 | — | $23,125 |
| Public Health. | 7 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 5 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 5 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 3 | — | — |
— 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
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- 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.