Largest Tennessee Colleges and Universities

Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Enrollment

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most students of 38,728 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Tennessee. Middle Tennessee State University is ranked second with 20,488 students and University of Memphis follows them with 20,276 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 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	38,728	20,891	17,837
2	Middle Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN	20,488	11,076	9,412
3	University of Memphis Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN	20,276	12,053	8,223
4	East Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN	13,728	8,418	5,310
5	Vanderbilt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	13,575	7,641	5,934
6	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN	11,775	6,943	4,832
7	Tennessee Technological University Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN	10,511	4,962	5,549
8	Austin Peay State University Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN	10,439	6,288	4,151
9	Belmont University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	8,803	5,804	2,999
10	The University of Tennessee-Martin Public, four-yearsMartin, TN	7,499	4,743	2,756
11	Tennessee State University Public, four-yearsNashville, TN	6,310	4,127	2,183
12	Lincoln Memorial University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN	6,081	4,221	1,860
13	Lipscomb University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	5,017	3,185	1,832
14	Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN	3,714	2,299	1,415
15	Cumberland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN	3,457	1,825	1,632
16	Southern Adventist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN	3,229	1,792	1,437
17	Trevecca Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	3,195	2,113	1,082
18	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN	2,936	1,577	1,359
19	Union University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN	2,713	1,745	968
20	Carson-Newman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN	2,669	1,659	1,010

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