Which College Is The Most Expensive In Tennessee?

At This Tennessee College, The Annual Net Price Of Attendance, Which Includes Tuition And Fees, Books And Supplies, And On-campus Room And Board Minus Any Form Of Financial Aid, Is Nearly $37,000, Making It The Most Expensive School In Tennessee.

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Published May 19, 2021

By Grant Suneson [24/7 Wall St. via The Center Square] –

The cost of a college education can be prohibitively expensive for many students. As of 2019, a student would have to pay an average net price of $9,915 to attend a four-year public college, and $19,220 to attend a non-profit private school, after financial aid is factored in.

While the cost of college has increased virtually everywhere, certain schools stand out as being especially expensive. Whether it is because of their selective admissions standards, unique programs offered, or notable faculty, there are hundreds of schools that charge tens of thousands of dollars per year.

Each state is home to at least one school with an average net price of more than $12,000 per year. Smaller states tend to have fewer universities, and those they do have tend to have lower fees and tuition.

The vast majority of schools that rank as the most expensive in their state are private schools. While many of these are liberal arts colleges, a number of institutions on this list are art schools or music conservatories. Though these schools cost tens of thousands of dollars per year, those with fine arts degrees tend to earn much less than those with other types of college education. These are the college majors that pay off the least.

At Belmont University, the annual net price of attendance, which includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and on-campus room and board minus any form of financial aid, is nearly $37,000, making it the most expensive school in Tennessee.

Belmont University is a private Christian school located just south of the Cumberland River in Nashville. Some of its most popular majors are business, management, and marketing, among others.

To identify the most expensive college in every state, 24/7 Wall St. used data from the National Center for Education Statistics to rank all bachelor’s degree-granting schools based on net price — the annual cost of tuition, books, room and board, minus any financial aid — for full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduates students who received grant or scholarship aid for the 2018-19 school year. 

This is the most expensive college in every state:

State	College	Avg. net price ($)	City	Undergraduate enrollment
Alabama	Tuskegee University	33,420	Tuskegee	2,394
Alaska	Alaska Pacific University	20,426	Anchorage	337
Arizona	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	36,962	Prescott	2,894
Arkansas	John Brown University	21,912	Siloam Springs	1,777
California	California Institute of the Arts	54,594	Valencia	1,021
Colorado	University of Denver	37,263	Denver	5,774
Connecticut	Quinnipiac University	41,636	Hamden	6,845
Delaware	Wesley College	24,705	Dover	1,035
Florida	Ringling College of Art and Design	52,384	Sarasota	1,658
Georgia	Savannah College of Art and Design	44,460	Savannah	12,167
Hawaii	Hawaii Pacific University	27,281	Honolulu	3,695
Idaho	Boise Bible College	21,315	Boise	95
Illinois	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	50,167	Chicago	2,983
Indiana	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	45,356	Terre Haute	2,000
Iowa	Clarke University	34,424	Dubuque	685
Kansas	Cleveland University-Kansas City	35,246	Overland Park	74
Kentucky	The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary	26,976	Louisville	894
Louisiana	Tulane University of Louisiana	40,783	New Orleans	7,980
Maine	University of New England	34,198	Biddeford	4,275
Maryland	Maryland Institute College of Art	42,750	Baltimore	1,749
Massachusetts	The New England Conservatory of Music	46,620	Boston	497
Michigan	Kettering University	39,255	Flint	1,799
Minnesota	Carleton College	31,547	Northfield	2,115
Mississippi	Millsaps College	24,457	Jackson	779
Missouri	Conception Seminary College	35,288	Conception	47
Montana	Carroll College	25,187	Helena	1,216
Nebraska	Creighton University	32,145	Omaha	4,472
Nevada	Chamberlain University-Nevada	34,928	Las Vegas	384
New Hampshire	Southern New Hampshire University	39,743	Manchester	92,902
New Jersey	Stevens Institute of Technology	40,770	Hoboken	3,659
New Mexico	St. John’s College	24,787	Santa Fe	317
New York	The New School	50,377	New York	7,409
North Carolina	High Point University	38,745	High Point	4,591
North Dakota	University of Jamestown	19,695	Jamestown	908
Ohio	Oberlin College	43,612	Oberlin	2,846
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Wesleyan University	24,501	Bartlesville	864
Oregon	Pacific Northwest College of Art	37,252	Portland	514
Pennsylvania	The University of the Arts	41,658	Philadelphia	1,699
Puerto Rico	Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico	16,304	Hato Rey	3,690
Rhode Island	Bryant University	40,038	Smithfield	3,259
South Carolina	Furman University	35,621	Greenville	2,688
South Dakota	Augustana University	24,481	Sioux Falls	1,818
Tennessee	Belmont University	36,976	Nashville	6,820
Texas	Southern Methodist University	40,404	Dallas	6,710
Utah	Neumont College of Computer Science	27,881	Salt Lake City	474
Vermont	Bennington College	38,386	Bennington	729
Virginia	Hampden-Sydney College	34,853	Hampden-Sydney	993
Washington	Whitman College	41,822	Walla Walla	1,579
West Virginia	University of Charleston	21,941	Charleston	1,907
Wisconsin	Marquette University	34,120	Milwaukee	8,515
Wyoming	University of Wyoming	12,880	Laramie	9,807