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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Name | Total # of Students | Female | Male | |
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1 | The University of Tennessee-KnoxvillePublic, four-yearsKnoxville, TN | 31,701 | 17,303 | 14,398 |
2 | University of MemphisPublic, four-yearsMemphis, TN | 21,622 | 13,151 | 8,471 |
3 | Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN | 21,568 | 12,093 | 9,475 |
4 | Vanderbilt UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN | 13,796 | 7,681 | 6,115 |
5 | East Tennessee State UniversityPublic, four-yearsJohnson City, TN | 13,303 | 8,433 | 4,870 |
6 | The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaPublic, four-yearsChattanooga, TN | 11,457 | 6,705 | 4,752 |
7 | Tennessee Technological UniversityPublic, four-yearsCookeville, TN | 9,840 | 4,787 | 5,053 |
8 | Austin Peay State UniversityPublic, four-yearsClarksville, TN | 9,609 | 5,910 | 3,699 |
9 | Belmont UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN | 8,696 | 5,731 | 2,965 |
10 | Tennessee State UniversityPublic, four-yearsNashville, TN | 8,077 | 5,235 | 2,842 |
11 | The University of Tennessee-MartinPublic, four-yearsMartin, TN | 6,712 | 4,189 | 2,523 |
12 | Lincoln Memorial UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN | 5,118 | 3,369 | 1,749 |
13 | Lipscomb UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN | 4,778 | 3,088 | 1,690 |
14 | Lee UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN | 4,505 | 2,780 | 1,725 |
15 | Bethel UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN | 4,011 | 2,180 | 1,831 |
16 | Trevecca Nazarene UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN | 3,717 | 2,473 | 1,244 |
17 | Union UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN | 2,930 | 1,958 | 972 |
18 | Carson-Newman UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN | 2,835 | 1,837 | 998 |
19 | Southern Adventist UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN | 2,719 | 1,572 | 1,147 |
20 | Cumberland UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN | 2,540 | 1,501 | 1,039 |
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