The University of Tennessee-Martin

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The University of Tennessee-Martin

The University of Tennessee-Martin operates as a public institution located in Martin, Tennessee (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 4,866 students of which 7,271 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. The University of Tennessee-Martin is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 88.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,701, with published in-state tuition of $10,560 and a Pell grant recipient share of 34.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,024, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.0%. Graduates earn a median of $44,213 ten years after enrolling, compared with $38,863 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 319700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.