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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
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN
31,70117,30314,398
2University of Memphis
Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN
21,62213,1518,471
3Middle Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN
21,56812,0939,475
4Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
13,7967,6816,115
5East Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN
13,3038,4334,870
6The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN
11,4576,7054,752
7Tennessee Technological University
Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN
9,8404,7875,053
8Austin Peay State University
Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN
9,6095,9103,699
9Belmont University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
8,6965,7312,965
10Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsNashville, TN
8,0775,2352,842
11The University of Tennessee-Martin
Public, four-yearsMartin, TN
6,7124,1892,523
12Lincoln Memorial University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN
5,1183,3691,749
13Lipscomb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
4,7783,0881,690
14Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN
4,5052,7801,725
15Bethel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN
4,0112,1801,831
16Trevecca Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
3,7172,4731,244
17Union University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN
2,9301,958972
18Carson-Newman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN
2,8351,837998
19Southern Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN
2,7191,5721,147
20Cumberland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN
2,5401,5011,039