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)
$35,064
$36,285
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$18,314
$25,424
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$37,758
$48,128
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of Tennessee
Auburn University
Under $30,000
$9,626
$19,536
$30,000–$48,000
$11,690
$19,065
$48,000–$75,000
$17,499
$21,665
$75,000–$110,000
$22,708
$25,366
Over $110,000
$26,651
$30,726
After you start
Measure
University of Tennessee
Auburn University
Undergrads
30,418
26,816
Graduate within 6 years
74%
79%
Come back for year two
92%
95%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$65,090
$73,273
Median debt at graduation
$18,750
$19,500
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