The University
of Tennessee-Martin
Public College in Martin, TN. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $44,213.
Students who entered The University of Tennessee-Martin land at a median of $44,213 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 53%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,024, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
The University of Tennessee-Martin admits 88% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 6,077, typical for a school of this reach. 23% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 3% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 500–610 | 41 (3%) |
| SAT Math | 470–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–25 | 1,191 (98%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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53% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,600 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,955 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,151 while those at $110k+ pay $15,827. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $10,988, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 41% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,113 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,151 |
| $30–48k | $8,961 |
| $48–75k | $11,640 |
| $75–110k | $15,343 |
| $110k+ | $15,827 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,908 of these 4,600 students, totalling $11,935,635 — an average of $6,256 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Weakley County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)