Tennessee contains sixteen schools that offer banking programs. Vanderbilt University, the highest-ranking banking school in TN, has a total student population of 12,506 and is the 17th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 16 banking schools in Tennessee, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Belmont University comes out as the most expensive ($23,881/yr), with Hiwassee College as the lowest recorded at only $5,858/yr.
Banking students from Tennessee schools who go on to become bankers, tellers, investment bankers, financial managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 153,720 people working as financial specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,810. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tennessee alone, there are 88,640 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $58,100. Financial specialists in this state earn $61,260/yr and there are 2,530 employed.
Also, within the banking schools in Tennessee, the average student population is 2,002 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from banking, there are 4116 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,154 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,032, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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