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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most graduate students of 6,766 for academic year 2022-2023 in Tennessee. Vanderbilt University is ranked second with 6,559 students and University of Memphis follows them with 5,209 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most graduate students by gender.
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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
NameTotal # of Graduate StudentsFemaleMale
1The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN
6,7663,8282,938
2Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
6,5593,9552,604
3University of Memphis
Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN
5,2093,0142,195
4Lincoln Memorial University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN
3,8582,5321,326
5East Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN
2,9291,972957
6Middle Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN
2,6481,675973
7Lipscomb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
1,7491,241508
8Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsNashville, TN
1,5401,002538
9Belmont University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
1,5261,071455
10Trevecca Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
1,4601,056404
11The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN
1,399824575
12Tennessee Technological University
Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN
1,365773592
13Austin Peay State University
Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN
1,206806400
14Carson-Newman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN
1,067801266
15Union University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN
831597234
16The University of Tennessee-Martin
Public, four-yearsMartin, TN
703486217
17Christian Brothers University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN
681278403
18Bethel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN
648410238
19Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN
481278203
20Freed-Hardeman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN
480302178