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Largest Tennessee Colleges with Most Enrollment

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most students of 33,805 for academic year 2022-2023 in Tennessee. University of Memphis is ranked second with 21,917 students and Middle Tennessee State University follows them with 20,086 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
33,80518,53615,269
2University of Memphis
Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN
21,91713,1688,749
3Middle Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN
20,08610,9769,110
4Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
13,7107,6636,047
5East Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsJohnson City, TN
13,4838,4355,048
6The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN
11,2836,5354,748
7Tennessee Technological University
Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN
9,9024,6815,221
8Austin Peay State University
Public, four-yearsClarksville, TN
9,3265,6203,706
9Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsNashville, TN
9,2186,0603,158
10Belmont University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
8,9105,9732,937
11The University of Tennessee-Martin
Public, four-yearsMartin, TN
6,8684,3262,542
12Lincoln Memorial University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN
5,4183,6281,790
13Lipscomb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
4,7043,0441,660
14Bethel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN
4,6862,5332,153
15Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN
3,9272,3831,544
16Trevecca Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
3,3272,1961,131
17Southern Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN
2,9031,6451,258
18Union University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN
2,7311,793938
19Cumberland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN
2,5881,4951,093
20Carson-Newman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN
2,5861,652934