Tennessee contains fifteen schools that offer care management programs. The University of Tennessee, the highest-ranking care management school in TN, has a total student population of 29,934 and is the 932nd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 15 care management schools in Tennessee, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Chattanooga Campus comes out as the most expensive ($23,709/yr), with Southwest Tennessee Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,338/yr.
Care Management students from Tennessee schools who go on to become care managers, physicians, doctors, nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 3,886,690 people working as healthcare support employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $26,710. Also, Healthcare practitioner and technical employees make on average $69,690 per year and there are about 7,200,950 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Tennessee alone, there are 172,870 employed healthcare practitioner and technical employees earning an average yearly salary of $60,860. Healthcare support employees in this state earn $24,930/yr and there are 72,140 employed.
Also, within the care management schools in Tennessee, the average student population is 2,002 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from care management, 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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