University of Tennessee is harder to get into (44% vs 47% admitted), and students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $18,314 vs $25,424 a year. University of Tennessee is due first, on Jan 5.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$36,285
$35,064
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$25,424
$18,314
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$48,128
$37,758
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Auburn University
University of Tennessee
Under $30,000
$19,536
$9,626
$30,000–$48,000
$19,065
$11,690
$48,000–$75,000
$21,665
$17,499
$75,000–$110,000
$25,366
$22,708
Over $110,000
$30,726
$26,651
After you start
Measure
Auburn University
University of Tennessee
Undergrads
26,816
30,418
Graduate within 6 years
79%
74%
Come back for year two
95%
92%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$73,273
$65,090
Median debt at graduation
$19,500
$18,750
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers