Best ROI 4-Year Colleges in Tennessee

These are the best ROI 4-year colleges in tennessee, ranked by earnings-to-cost ratio (ROI). The ranking includes 37 institutions, with Baptist Health Sciences University leading at 1.6x.

Rank	Institution	State	ROI
1	Baptist Health Sciences University	TN	1.6x
2	Christian Brothers University	TN	1.5x
3	Vanderbilt University	TN	1.4x
4	Le Moyne-Owen College	TN	1.3x
5	Austin Peay State University	TN	1.1x
6	The University of Tennessee-Martin	TN	1.0x
7	University of Memphis	TN	1.0x
8	Bethel University	TN	0.9x
9	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	0.9x
10	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	0.9x
11	Strayer University-Tennessee	TN	0.9x
12	Tennessee Technological University	TN	0.8x
13	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	0.8x
14	Cumberland University	TN	0.8x
15	Tennessee Wesleyan University	TN	0.8x
16	The University of Tennessee Southern	TN	0.8x
17	Trevecca Nazarene University	TN	0.7x
18	Lane College	TN	0.7x
19	East Tennessee State University	TN	0.7x
20	Tennessee State University	TN	0.7x
21	King University	TN	0.7x
22	Bryan College-Dayton	TN	0.7x
23	Maryville College	TN	0.6x
24	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	0.6x
25	Carson-Newman University	TN	0.6x
26	Rhodes College	TN	0.6x
27	The University of the South	TN	0.6x
28	Lee University	TN	0.6x
29	Lipscomb University	TN	0.6x
30	Southern Adventist University	TN	0.6x
31	Freed-Hardeman University	TN	0.6x
32	Milligan University	TN	0.6x
33	Tusculum University	TN	0.5x
34	Union University	TN	0.5x
35	Johnson University	TN	0.5x
36	Belmont University	TN	0.4x
37	Fisk University	TN	0.3x

Methodology

4-Year institutions in Tennessee ranked by ROI. Minimum enrollment: 500 students. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.