Tennessee contains ten schools that offer business writing programs. Vanderbilt University, the highest-ranking business writing school in TN, has a total student population of 12,506 and is the 17th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 10 business writing schools in Tennessee, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Martin Methodist College comes out as the most expensive ($25,620/yr), with Nashville State Technical Community College as the lowest recorded at only $6,750/yr.
Business Writing students from Tennessee schools who go on to become business writers, legal writing professors, copy editors, copywriters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 43,390 people working as writers and authors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,560. Also, Public relations specialists make on average $59,370 per year and there are about 242,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tennessee alone, there are 2,230 employed public relations specialists earning an average yearly salary of $46,990. Writers and authors in this state earn $41,220/yr and there are 770 employed.
Also, within the business writing schools in Tennessee, the average student population is 2,002 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from business writing, 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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