Best Psychologist, All Other programs in Tennessee, ranked by enrollment
All psychologists not listed.
46 schools in Tennessee run programs that feed this job, graduating 2,635 people a year. The job pays a median of $138,070 in Tennessee across about 200 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Tennessee that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
14 programs in Tennessee that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Tennessee (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Tennessee page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 42.0101In Tennessee → | 1,796 | 68.2% | 33 | $31,426 | $25,250 |
| 2 | CIP 42.2799In Tennessee → | 397 | 15.1% | 1 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 3 | CIP 19.0706In Tennessee → | 281 | 10.7% | 14 | $31,642 | $23,092 |
| 4 | CIP 42.2899In Tennessee → | 33 | 1.3% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 5 | CIP 42.2806In Tennessee → | 31 | 1.2% | 2 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 6 | CIP 42.2814In Tennessee → | 29 | 1.1% | 3 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 7 | CIP 30.1701In Tennessee → | 20 | 0.8% | 2 | $36,206 | $29,240 |
| 8 | CIP 45.0401In Tennessee → | 15 | 0.6% | 3 | $37,366 | $25,000 |
| 9 | CIP 42.2701In Tennessee → | 14 | 0.5% | 1 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 10 | CIP 42.2708In Tennessee → | 7 | 0.3% | 1 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
| 11 | CIP 19.0711In Tennessee → | 4 | 0.2% | 2 | $31,642 | $23,092 |
| 12 | CIP 42.2802In Tennessee → | 3 | 0.1% | 1 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 13 | CIP 42.2813In Tennessee → | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | $33,805 | $27,000 |
| 14 | CIP 42.2706In Tennessee → | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | $34,454 | $21,878 |
Top 25 schools in Tennessee
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 19 of the 46 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Knoxville, TN Public · 2 feeder programs | 419 | Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | — | 74% | — | 42% |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 262 | Psychology, General | $32,433 | 54% | — | 69% |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 209 | Psychology, General | $30,984 | 50% | — | 81% |
| 4 | University of Memphis Memphis, TN Public · 2 feeder programs | 205 | Psychology, General | $31,582 | 51% | — | 72% |
| 5 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN Public · 2 feeder programs | 197 | Psychology, General | $26,403 | 53% | — | 86% |
| 6 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 6 feeder programs | 139 | Psychology, General | $36,716 | 94% | $14,854 | 6% |
| 7 | Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 87 | Psychology, General | $37,019 | 53% | $14,286 | 69% |
| 8 | Tennessee State University Nashville, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 80 | Psychology, General | $30,735 | 34% | — | 70% |
| 9 | Belmont University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 74 | Psychology, General | — | 71% | $29,246 | 95% |
| 10 | Lee University Cleveland, TN Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 70 | Psychology, General | $27,576 | 63% | $18,918 | 71% |
| 11 | Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 67 | Psychology, General | $28,705 | 40% | — | 96% |
| 12 | Lipscomb University Nashville, TN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 65 | Psychology, General | $28,252 | 72% | $24,309 | 68% |
| 13 | South College Knoxville, TN Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 61 | Psychology, General | — | 42% | $20,346 | — |
| 14 | Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 54 | Psychology, General | $28,394 | 58% | — | 76% |
| 15 | Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg, TN Public · 2 feeder programs | 50 | Child Development | — | 34% | — | — |
| 16 | Roane State Community College Harriman, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 43 | Child Development | — | 36% | — | — |
| 17 | Rhodes College Memphis, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 39 | Psychology, General | $37,563 | 85% | $19,854 | 50% |
| 18 | The University of Tennessee - Martin Martin, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 38 | Psychology, General | $27,433 | 53% | — | 88% |
| 19 | Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 34 | Child Development | — | 18% | — | — |
| 20 | The University of the South Sewanee, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 32 | Psychology, General | $35,379 | 80% | $21,573 | 57% |
| 21 | Carson - Newman University Jefferson City, TN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 27 | Psychology, General | $28,217 | 53% | $19,537 | 90% |
| 22 | Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN Public · 1 feeder programs | 27 | Child Development | — | 26% | — | — |
| 23 | Bryan College - Dayton Dayton, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 25 | Psychology, General | — | 50% | $16,130 | — |
| 24 | Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 24 | Psychology, General | — | 49% | $24,187 | 65% |
| 25 | Cumberland University Lebanon, TN Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 23 | Psychology, General | $27,023 | 46% | $19,206 | 67% |
All 46 schools in Tennessee
Every school in Tennessee with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Knoxville | Public | 419 | 2 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public | 262 | 1 |
| The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Public | 209 | 1 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis | Public | 205 | 2 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public | 197 | 2 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 139 | 6 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 87 | 3 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville | Public | 80 | 1 |
| Belmont University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 74 | 1 |
| Lee University | Cleveland | Private not-for-profit | 70 | 3 |
| Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Public | 67 | 1 |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private not-for-profit | 65 | 2 |
| South College | Knoxville | Private for-profit | 61 | 1 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville | Public | 54 | 1 |
| Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | Public | 50 | 2 |
What psychologists, all other earn in Tennessee
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $110,840. Tennessee pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Tennessee
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Psychologists, All Other page.
How to become a Psychologist, All Other
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Master's degree
- On-the-job training
- Internship/residency
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Tennessee
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Psychologists, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 19.0702Adult Development and Aging
- 19.0706Child Development
- 19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies
- 30.1701Behavioral Sciences
- 42.0101Psychology, General
- 42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
- 42.2702Comparative Psychology
- 42.2704Experimental Psychology
- 42.2705Personality Psychology
- 42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
- 42.2707Social Psychology
- 42.2708Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
- 42.2709Psychopharmacology
- 42.2799Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
- 42.2802Community Psychology
- 42.2806Educational Psychology
- 42.2807Clinical Child Psychology
- 42.2808Environmental Psychology
- 42.2810Health/Medical Psychology
- 42.2811Family Psychology
- 42.2812Forensic Psychology
- 42.2813Applied Psychology
- 42.2814Applied Behavior Analysis
- 42.2815Performance and Sport Psychology
- 42.2816Somatic Psychology(no graduates reported)
Common questions
Answers for people weighing psychologists, all other programs in Tennessee.
What degree do you need to become a Psychologist, All Other?+
Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Psychology, General, which awarded 1,796 degrees in Tennessee in 2024-25, 68.2% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Psychologist, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 14 programs to this occupation. The largest are Psychology, Research and Experimental Psychology, Human Development, Clinical, plus 2 more. Together they graduate about 2,635 people a year in Tennessee.
How much do psychologists, all other earn in Tennessee?+
The median is $138,070 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 24.6% above the U.S. median of $110,840. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for psychologists, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Tennessee?+
46 institutions in Tennessee reported graduates from at least one of the 14 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do psychologists, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Neuropsychologist, Staff Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Board Certified Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-3039.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
Explore every U.S. college in one conversation
Clema turns plain-language questions into sourced answers across every U.S. institution — earnings, aid, acceptance, graduation, safety, and athletics from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and 10+ federal datasets, built in.
Free for teams up to 3 · No credit card