Bachelor's · Johnson City, Tennessee
Is Finance and Financial Management Services at East Tennessee State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,600
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,548
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $14,924
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $60k (likely $60k – $77k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.6 years (likely 3.6–6.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$3k (likely −$81k – $77k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $309k (likely $144k – $482k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 55%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at East Tennessee State University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$129,821
- Medicine (First professional)$110,348
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$108,675
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Bachelor's)$106,593
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$105,444
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$99,765
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$91,471
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$85,955
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$84,041
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$82,073
- Public Health (Master's)$76,210
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$75,298
Finance and Financial Management Services at other schools in Tennessee
- Belmont University$124,270
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville$83,793
- Austin Peay State University$71,567
- Middle Tennessee State University$66,701
- Tennessee Technological University$66,535
- University of Memphis$65,132
- The University of Tennessee-Martin$64,840
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$51,961