unitid 220978 · Murfreesboro, TN · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Middle Tennessee State University
- enrollment 2023
- 23,369
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
69%
26th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
16,301
84th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
49th pctl among public 4-years
completion
54%
finish within 150% time
67th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,289
60th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,359
after aid, aided students
55th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,541
after entry, Title IV students
46th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,000
54th 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 $9,289 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%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $35,325
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,266
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 293 | $43,290 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 271 | $58,160 | $20,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 242 | $41,564 | $22,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 236 | $93,225 | — |
| Air Transportation. | 212 | $70,548 | $21,992 |
| Music. | 155 | $48,653 | $22,608 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 126 | $52,140 | $24,093 |
| Biology, General. | 125 | $52,665 | $21,500 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 118 | $48,887 | $23,500 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management. | 112 | $40,061 | $23,250 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 105 | — | $19,270 |
| Marketing. | 100 | $62,637 | $20,708 |
— 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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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.