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
- $17,182839th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $17,9351,057th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $17,935726th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $30,181946th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,668509th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,6421,750th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,5701,379th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 36.7%1,603rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 61.5%1,560th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 6,323406th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 23.0:12,024th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 49.8%385th highest of 2,140 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
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
- Showdown: South College vs Tennessee State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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