Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
- Undergrads
- 10k
- Admit rate
- 82%
- Net price
- $13.3k
- Grad rate
- 60%
- Specialty: Health Professions 22%
- Specialty: Business 20%
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY 40475Town: DistantUNITID 156620
Public 4-yearDoctoral/Professional UniversitiesSpecialty: Business 18%Specialty: Health Professions 13%Specialty: Criminal Justice & Protective Services 11%
Undergraduates
12,318
Graduate students
2,225
Admit rate
78%
Average net price
$11k
Graduation rate
50%
Retention rate
77%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$45.8k
Median debt
$22.5k
Student : faculty
17:1
Value score*
76th pct.
Programs offered
150
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Public 4-year
- Region
- South · East South Central
- Setting
- Town: Distant (in urban cluster more than 10 miles and up to 35 miles from an urbanized area)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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Prairie View, TX
- Undergrads
- 8,877
- Admit rate
- 79%
- Net price
- $13.6k
- Grad rate
- 43%
- HBCU
- Specialty: Business 15%
- Specialty: Health Professions 11%
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
- Undergrads
- 6,622
- Admit rate
- 72%
- Net price
- $10.9k
- Grad rate
- 42%
- Specialty: Business 22%
- Specialty: Health Professions 15%
- Specialty: Education 12%
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
- Undergrads
- 7,036
- Admit rate
- 78%
- Net price
- $14.3k
- Grad rate
- 55%
- Specialty: Health Professions 23%
- Specialty: Business 16%
- Specialty: Education 11%
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
- Undergrads
- 12.7k
- Admit rate
- 72%
- Net price
- $12.4k
- Grad rate
- 51%
- Specialty: Business 19%
- Specialty: Parks, Recreation & Fitness 13%
- Specialty: Health Professions 12%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
- Undergrads
- 10.1k
- Admit rate
- 81%
- Net price
- $14.3k
- Grad rate
- 50%
- Specialty: Business 20%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.