University of Tennessee Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

Placements at University of Tennessee records 60.8% employment for graduates of the class of 2020. The placement rate has gone up from 59% in 2019 by 1.8% in 2020. The knowledge rate was recorded between 61.2% to 92.6% college wise for 2020, despite negative impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.  

The average salary was recorded at USD 51,395, median salary was USD 51,365 and the highest salary recorded was USD 126,000. The salaries differ with each college and major or specialisation opted. More details are covered in the article. 

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University of Tennessee Placement Highlights 

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University of Tennessee Career Outcomes 

In 2020-21 it was recorded that 60.8% of the total graduates of University of Tennessee were employed for a full time placement and 27.7% of them were pursuing higher education, besides this they were still looking for a placement or admission for higher education, more details are given below:

 

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In terms of employment location, the graduates of University of Tennessee in 2020 of Nursing school were maximum in numbers for getting an in-state employment. The graduates of other colleges that got employed in or out of state are as follows: 

As per above data, 60.4% of University of Tennessee graduates were placed within the US state and 30.2% of them were employed outside the US state. The remaining 9.4% students who were employed did not disclose their employment location. 

Those students who were pursuing higher education were admitted in the following top universities along with University of Tennessee: 

• UT Health Science Center 
• Belmont University 
• Vanderbilt University 
• Georgia University 
• George Washington University 

UT Career Outcomes & Salaries College Wise 

The following table compiles data for different level of study college wise for University of Tennessee throwing light upon their graduates’ employment rate and those continuing education along with the average and high salaries of graduates in 2020: 

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University of Tennessee Top Employers 

Since there were more than 50 employers for graduates of 2020 at University of Tennessee, the following list consists of only the top employers from each slab. They are as follows: 

Companies Employing 20+ Graduates 

• University of Tennessee Medical Center  
• 21st Mortgage Corporation  
• Amazon 
• PepsiCo/Frito-Lay 
• University of Tennessee 

Companies Employing Between 10-20 Graduates 

• Dell  
• Pilot Flying J  
• Axle Logistics 
• Total Quality Logistics  
• Eastman Chemical Company 

Companies Employing 5+ Graduates 

• AT&T 
• DHL Supply Chain 
• Walmart 
• Deloitte 
• FedEx 

University of Tennessee MBA’ 20 Class Profile 

The passing out batch of MBA at University of Tennessee in 2020 consisted of 51 students out of which 35% of them were females. There were 15% of international students and 8% were non US citizens. In terms of their admissions, the following was recorded: 

• Average age: 27 
• Average work experience level: 4.4 years 
• UG GPA: 3.4 
• GMAT score: 680 
• GRE score: 158 Verbal / 158 Quant 

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UT MBA’ 20 Salary Specialisation Wise 

The top specialisations that are opted by MBA aspirants at University of Tennessee are usually for HR, Finance and Accounting or other available options. The salaries of these specialisations also vary, some of them are as follows: 

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