Carson-Newman University
Jefferson City, Tennessee · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
12of 12 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Tennessee high-school graduate (about $34,809 a year).
12 of 69 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 57 have no earnings published. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 29 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$20,251 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$20,251 a year
About $81,004 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $16,672 |
| $30k to $48k | $16,446 |
| $48k to $75k | $17,313 |
| $75k to $110k | $21,209 |
| $110k and up | $28,621 |
| All families (average) | $20,251 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Tennessee high-school graduate ($34,809 a year).
21 of 98 programs could be assessed 21% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $108,765 | +$73,956 | above HS line | $41,234 | 0.6 yrs | 125 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $86,617 | +$51,808 | above HS line | $18,133 | 0.4 yrs | 62 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | $76,497 | +$41,688 | above HS line | $41,000 | 1.0 yrs | 58 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $64,503 | +$29,694 | clears the bar | $21,464 | 0.7 yrs | 51 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $44,311 | +$9,502 | clears the bar | $25,030 | 2.6 yrs | 47 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $70,769 | +$35,960 | clears the bar | $23,000 | 0.6 yrs | 47 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $37,992 | +$3,183 | clears the bar | $25,125 | 7.9 yrs | 35 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $53,619 | +$18,810 | above HS line | $27,000 | 1.4 yrs | 33 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | $35,843 | +$1,034 | clears the bar | $12,000 | 11.6 yrs | 33 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $67,411 | +$32,602 | above HS line | $24,250 | 0.7 yrs | 26 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $57,413 | +$22,604 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $45,780 | +$10,971 | clears the bar | $24,861 | 2.3 yrs | 15 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $42,340 | +$7,531 | clears the bar | $26,500 | 3.5 yrs | 14 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $43,115 | +$8,306 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $53,243 | +$18,434 | above HS line | $19,118 | 1.0 yrs | 13 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $44,4041-year earnings | +$9,595 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $19,207 | 2.0 yrs | 10 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | $51,940 | +$17,131 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $51,874 | +$17,065 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $64,634 | +$29,825 | clears the bar | $21,954 | 0.7 yrs | 7 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $46,614 | +$11,805 | clears the bar | $19,235 | 1.6 yrs | 5 |
| Psychology, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $49,609 | +$14,800 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 69 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 35 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $21,900 | not assessed | 25 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Human Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $19,000 | not assessed | 8 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Theology and Ministry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Computer Science | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Housing and Human Environments | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Apparel and Textiles | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Theology and Ministry | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Psychology, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Community Organization and Advocacy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Social Sciences, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Healthcare Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nursing | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Nursing | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $34,809 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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