Largest Tennessee Graduate Schools

Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most graduate students of 8,164 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Tennessee. Vanderbilt University is ranked second with 6,354 students and University of Memphis follows them with 4,506 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most graduate students by gender.

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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Graduate Students	Female	Male
1	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN	8,164	4,538	3,626
2	Vanderbilt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	6,354	3,855	2,499
3	University of Memphis Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN	4,506	2,737	1,769
4	Lincoln Memorial University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN	4,413	3,046	1,367
5	East Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN	2,899	1,902	997
6	Middle Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN	2,446	1,564	882
7	Lipscomb University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	1,681	1,177	504
8	Belmont University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	1,628	1,151	477
9	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN	1,573	997	576
10	Austin Peay State University Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN	1,513	1,015	498
11	Tennessee Technological University Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN	1,324	829	495
12	Trevecca Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	1,292	958	334
13	Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsNashville, TN	1,253	825	428
14	Carson-Newman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN	1,073	832	241
15	Union University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN	779	560	219
16	Cumberland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN	712	237	475
17	The University of Tennessee-Martin Public, four-yearsMartin, TN	690	492	198
18	Christian Brothers University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN	617	270	347
19	Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN	443	272	171
20	Freed-Hardeman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN	433	298	135

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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Graduate Enrollment

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