East Tennessee State University is a large public university located in Johnson City, TN ranked 31st in Tennessee. It has a total of 12,829 full-time undergraduate students and is not competitive, accepting faintly above 6/7 of applicants. East Tennessee State University offers 142 different majors and is best known for its Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Child Development, and Pharmaceutical Sciences programs (nationally ranked 2nd, 32nd, and 36th respectively). With an annual tuition of $7,340 for in-state students and $25,487 for those from out-of-state, East Tennessee State University is reasonably high-priced. 44.19% of students graduate moving on to the next phase of their lives, employment. After college, alumni go on to earn close to $35,100 per year, which is 15% below the national median.