South College
Knoxville, TN · For-profit · Midsize city
For-profit institution in Knoxville, TN · 6,323 undergraduates · $36,642 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 18%Pell Grant share
- Top 19%Undergraduates
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $17,182838th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,9351,052nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,935721st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $30,181944th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,668506th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,6421,739th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,5701,374th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 36.7%1,588th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 61.5%1,550th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 6,323406th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,007th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 49.8%382nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 152 mi (BNA)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 13 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $45,956 | $51,482 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | $40,312 | $38,289 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $33,993 | $36,848 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $32,925 | $29,141 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | $38,829 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| MarketingBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)Legal Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to South College’s 6,323 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TN
- Tennessee State UniversityNashville, TN · 6,498 undergrads
- Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN · 7,143 undergrads
- Belmont UniversityNashville, TN · 7,306 undergrads
- Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN · 7,365 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, TN · 4,600 undergrads
- Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, TN · 8,495 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, OH · 6,330 undergrads
- Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA · 6,348 undergrads
- Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IL · 6,294 undergrads
- Elon UniversityElon, NC · 6,402 undergrads
- Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA · 6,235 undergrads
- University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, WI · 6,230 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitesouth.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 220552)
- Compare colleges in TNRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in TennesseeEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Tennessee State UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: South College vs Tennessee State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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