Largest Tennessee Colleges and Universities

Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Enrollment

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most students of 31,701 for academic year 2021-2022 in Tennessee. University of Memphis is ranked second with 21,622 students and Middle Tennessee State University follows them with 21,568 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 students by gender.
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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN	31,701	17,303	14,398
2	University of Memphis Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN	21,622	13,151	8,471
3	Middle Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN	21,568	12,093	9,475
4	Vanderbilt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	13,796	7,681	6,115
5	East Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN	13,303	8,433	4,870
6	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN	11,457	6,705	4,752
7	Tennessee Technological University Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN	9,840	4,787	5,053
8	Austin Peay State University Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN	9,609	5,910	3,699
9	Belmont University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	8,696	5,731	2,965
10	Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsNashville, TN	8,077	5,235	2,842
11	The University of Tennessee-Martin Public, four-yearsMartin, TN	6,712	4,189	2,523
12	Lincoln Memorial University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN	5,118	3,369	1,749
13	Lipscomb University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	4,778	3,088	1,690
14	Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN	4,505	2,780	1,725
15	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN	4,011	2,180	1,831
16	Trevecca Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	3,717	2,473	1,244
17	Union University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN	2,930	1,958	972
18	Carson-Newman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN	2,835	1,837	998
19	Southern Adventist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN	2,719	1,572	1,147
20	Cumberland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN	2,540	1,501	1,039

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