Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
Middle Tennessee State University is a public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a midsize city, with 16,301 undergraduates. The arts and interdisciplinary studies are its signature fields: together they make up 23% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times their share across the colleges we cover. 54% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $48,541 ten years after starting.
Middle Tennessee State University admitted 11,277 of 17,724 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (63.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 63.6%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $10,266
- $31,574 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,359
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1020–1220
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Middle Tennessee State University is known for
Measured by the 3,847 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
The arts
13.2%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Interdisciplinary studies
9.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 2.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)2937.6% of degrees$49,997−10% vs $55,693 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations2717.0% of degrees$63,928−6% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology2426.3% of degrees$43,826−14% vs $50,706 nationally
- Air Transportation2125.5% of degrees$80,424−6% vs $85,825 nationally
- Music1554.0% of degrees$43,999About the $42,892 national median
- Criminal Justice and Corrections1263.3% of degrees$55,481About the $55,378 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Midsize city
Murfreesboro, TN
Undergraduates
16,301
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Middle Tennessee State University
Three things Middle Tennessee State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Middle Tennessee State University files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 6.6% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
6.6% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 91.8% sent an ACT. Middle Tennessee State University files test scores under “very important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $13,359 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
63.6%
11,277 admitted of 17,724 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1020–1220
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
19–25
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.62
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
6.6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
91.8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Middle Tennessee State University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Middle Tennessee State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $10,266 ($31,574 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $24,289. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,359 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$10,266
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$31,574
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$24,289
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,359
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $24,289 full cost.
- Under $30k$9,289Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$10,273Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,007Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,935Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$19,046Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
54%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
80%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$48,541
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 94% to 68%.
What Middle Tennessee State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionDecember 1, 2026
Verified July 13, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 13, 2026 · Source
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