Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$25,805
$24,577
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$12,192
$12,562
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$16,896
$35,058
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
University of Memphis
Middle Tennessee State University
Under $30,000
$10,110
$8,914
$30,000–$48,000
$10,665
$9,294
$48,000–$75,000
$11,912
$11,139
$75,000–$110,000
$16,419
$15,385
Over $110,000
$18,958
$18,856
After you start
Measure
University of Memphis
Middle Tennessee State University
Undergrads
12,701
16,301
Graduate within 6 years
49%
54%
Come back for year two
77%
80%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$52,227
$52,702
Median debt at graduation
$22,750
$18,057
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