Enrollment Statistics at Tennessee Colleges

Student Population at Tennessee Colleges

At Tennessee colleges, there are 354,997 students including 301,037 undergraduate and 53,960 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 242,584 full-time and 112,413 part-time students.By gender, 41.28% male and 58.72% female students enrolled in Tennessee colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Tennessee Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	354,997	146,540	208,457
Undergraduate	301,037	126,668	174,369
Graduate	53,960	19,872	34,088
By Attending Status
Full-time	242,584	100,293	142,291
Part-time	112,413	46,247	66,166

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Tennessee Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Tennessee colleges have a total of 242,584 full-time students and 112,413 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 207,566 students are attending classes with full-time status and 93,471 are part-time students. In graduate school, 35,018 students are full-time and 18,942 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Tennessee Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	354,997	242,584	112,413
Undergraduate	301,037	207,566	93,471
Graduate	53,960	35,018	18,942

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Tennessee Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Tennessee colleges, 65,366 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 104,199 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 354,997 students. In undergraduate schools, 144,163 students enrolled in online courses and 25,402 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Tennessee Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	354,997	301,037	53,960
Online Exclusively	65,366	47,890	17,476
In Some Online Classes	104,199	96,273	7,926
Not In Online Classes	185,432	156,874	28,558

[Chart] Tennessee Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Tennessee colleges. There are 214,278 Caucasian, 61,226 Black/African American, 11,277 Asian, and 28,176 Hispanic students in Tennessee colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Tennessee Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	354,997	146,540	208,457
American Indian/Native American	969	404	565
Asian	11,277	4,883	6,394
Black/African American	61,226	21,167	40,059
Hispanic	28,176	11,775	16,401
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	382	159	223
White	214,278	90,271	124,007
Two More	14,795	6,148	8,647
Un-Known	12,586	5,507	7,079

[Chart] Tennessee Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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