158 Tennessee Colleges Statistics by City

There are 158 colleges in Tennessee - 49 public and 109 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the Tennessee colleges is $10,197 for state residents and $23,258 for out-of-state students.
63 Tennessee cities have at least one college and, of them, Nashville has the most of 25 colleges. It has 16 four-year colleges and 7 community colleges with a total of 54,620 students. Memphis and Knoxville also has a number of colleges of 25 and 11 colleges respectively.

Tennessee Colleges Statistics by City

The following table shows the Tennessee colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-years colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.
158 Tennessee Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesPopulationStudents to Faculty
TotalFour-year CollegesCommunity CollegesCareer SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Nashville 251672 $25,416
($8,568)
$26,400
($11,092)
54,620 40,775 13,845 14 to 1
Memphis 251546 $21,443
($10,673)
$19,758
($12,970)
44,917 35,113 9,804 12 to 1
Knoxville 11623 $18,026
($13,484)
$19,951
($13,620)
51,373 43,040 8,333 13 to 1
Chattanooga 7331 $23,476
($10,144)
$19,926
($10,788)
20,873 19,131 1,742 19 to 1
Jackson 5221 $25,120 $11,953 9,490 8,659 831 15 to 1
Murfreesboro 5212 $25,947
($9,506)
$28,170
($11,124)
20,804 18,156 2,648 14 to 1
Clarksville 5212 $17,165
($8,675)
$15,113
($10,127)
9,935 8,729 1,206 15 to 1
Cookeville 4112 $20,116
($10,084)
$20,740
($11,800)
10,564 9,199 1,365 18 to 1
Cleveland 4211 $17,081 $14,333 7,927 7,013 914 16 to 1
Johnson City 31-2 $13,790
($9,950)
$25,904
($10,784)
13,671 10,742 2,929 14 to 1
Dayton 22-- $12,450 $8,165 1,733 1,482 251 7 to 1
Hendersonville 2--2 - - 312 312 - 18 to 1
Franklin 21-1 $15,010 $16,720 99 90 9 7 to 1
Madison 21-1 - $90,000 331 36 295 4 to 1
Lebanon 21-1 $27,840 $8,280 2,743 2,466 277 18 to 1
McKenzie 211- $18,168 $13,392 4,820 4,172 648 16 to 1
Pulaski 211- $10,506
($10,200)
$8,910
($8,910)
1,499 1,461 38 13 to 1
Athens 211- $29,264 $21,845 1,273 1,150 123 15 to 1
Gallatin 211- $20,796 $8,100 7,351 7,302 49 16 to 1
Morristown 2-2- - - 6,336 6,336 - 19 to 1
Harriman 2-2- - - 5,036 5,036 - 19 to 1
Collegedale 11-- $25,590 $12,870 2,903 2,571 332 15 to 1
Sweetwater 1--1 - - 41 41 - 9 to 1
Dickson 1-1- - - 982 982 - 17 to 1
Livingston 1-1- - - 1,417 1,417 - 25 to 1
Ripley 1-1- - - 362 362 - 15 to 1
New Tazewell 1--1 - - 73 73 - 20 to 1
Hohenwald 1-1- - - 912 912 - 20 to 1
Blountville 1-1- - - 5,100 5,100 - 20 to 1
Maryville 11-- $38,514 $15,956 1,069 1,065 4 12 to 1
Shelbyville 1-1- - - 550 550 - 20 to 1
Milan 1--1 - - 70 70 - 12 to 1
Fayetteville 1--1 - - 72 72 - 20 to 1
Huntsville 1-1- - - 439 439 - 6 to 1
Goodlettsville 1--1 - - 66 66 - 34 to 1
Columbia 1-1- - - 4,954 4,954 - 19 to 1
Tullahoma 1-1- - - 5,636 5,636 - 23 to 1
Lexington 1--1 - - 59 59 - 11 to 1
Henderson 11-- $25,000 $11,700 2,330 1,850 480 13 to 1
McMinnville 1-1- - - 577 577 - 15 to 1
Antioch 11-- - - - - - -
Harrogate 11-- $26,150 $23,225 5,418 1,560 3,858 8 to 1
Paris 1-1- - - 248 248 - 11 to 1
Brentwood 1--1 - - 91 91 - 18 to 1
Hartsville 1-1- - - 643 643 - 13 to 1
Martin 11-- $16,248
($10,208)
$12,636
($11,592)
6,868 6,165 703 15 to 1
Millington 1--1 - - 4 4 - 1 to 1
Dyersburg 1-1- - - 2,683 2,683 - 23 to 1
Crump 1-1- - - 1,411 1,411 - 22 to 1
Milligan 11-- $39,350 $7,967 1,105 755 350 9 to 1
Jefferson City 11-- $34,700 $10,168 2,586 1,519 1,067 10 to 1
Jacksboro 1-1- - - 328 328 - 12 to 1
Greeneville 11-- $28,500 $14,400 1,303 1,111 192 16 to 1
Elizabethton 1-1- - - 495 495 - 19 to 1
Sewanee 11-- $53,698 $18,730 1,704 1,613 91 10 to 1
Old Hickory 1--1 - - 25 25 - 7 to 1
Lawrenceburg 1--1 - - 40 40 - 10 to 1
Crossville 1-1- - - 495 495 - 20 to 1
Bartlett 1--1 - - 174 174 - 11 to 1
Covington 1-1- - - 396 396 - 18 to 1
Bristol 11-- $34,800 $14,182 1,357 1,120 237 11 to 1
Newbern 1-1- - - 444 444 - 12 to 1
Manchester 1--1 - - 69 69 - 15 to 1
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