Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Tennessee Colleges

There are 70 active four-years colleges and universities in Tennessee - 11 public and 59 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Tennessee is 54%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes higher from 50% to 54%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 13 to 1 and it decreased by 1 compared to 14 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	50%	48%	53%
2013-14	49%	45%	53%
2014-15	50%	48%	52%
2015-16	49%	45%	52%
2016-17	48%	46%	50%
2017-18	48%	44%	54%
2018-19	53%	51%	57%
2019-20	51%	49%	55%
2020-21	53%	50%	56%
2021-22	54%	49%	59%
2022-23	54%	49%	58%
Average	50.82%	47.64%	54.45%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	24%
2013-14	27%
2014-15	20%
2015-16	24%
2016-17	21%
2017-18	24%
2018-19	23%
2019-20	23%
2020-21	26%
2021-22	24%
2022-23	23%
Average	23.55%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	68%	59%
2013-14	69%	53%
2014-15	71%	59%
2015-16	71%	54%
2016-17	73%	54%
2017-18	75%	54%
2018-19	74%	59%
2019-20	73%	51%
2020-21	74%	53%
2021-22	73%	55%
2022-23	74%	52%
Average	72.27%	54.82%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	14:1
2013-14	13:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	13:1
2016-17	13:1
2017-18	14:1
2018-19	13:1
2019-20	14:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	13:1
Average	13.27:1

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Undergraduate

Tennessee Board of Regents Public, 2-4 years | Nashville
Tennessee Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Athens
ITT Technical Institute-Cordova Private, four-years | Cordova
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-years | Knoxville
Fountainhead College of Technology Private, four-years | Knoxville
Tennessee State University Public, four-years | Nashville
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Public, 2-4 years | Murfreesboro
Trevecca Nazarene University Private, four-years | Nashville
Nashville College of Medical Careers Private, Less than 2-years | Madison
Tusculum University Private, four-years | Greeneville

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Graduate

Tennessee Board of Regents Public, 2-4 years | Nashville
Tennessee Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Athens
ITT Technical Institute-Cordova Private, four-years | Cordova
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-years | Knoxville
Fountainhead College of Technology Private, four-years | Knoxville
Tennessee State University Public, four-years | Nashville
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Public, 2-4 years | Murfreesboro
Trevecca Nazarene University Private, four-years | Nashville
Nashville College of Medical Careers Private, Less than 2-years | Madison
Tusculum University Private, four-years | Greeneville

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Online Schools

Tennessee Board of Regents Public, 2-4 years | Nashville
Tennessee Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Athens
ITT Technical Institute-Cordova Private, four-years | Cordova
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-years | Knoxville
Fountainhead College of Technology Private, four-years | Knoxville
Tennessee State University Public, four-years | Nashville
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Public, 2-4 years | Murfreesboro
Trevecca Nazarene University Private, four-years | Nashville
Nashville College of Medical Careers Private, Less than 2-years | Madison
Tusculum University Private, four-years | Greeneville

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Technical Colleges

Tennessee Board of Regents Public, 2-4 years | Nashville
Tennessee Wesleyan University Private, four-years | Athens
ITT Technical Institute-Cordova Private, four-years | Cordova
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-years | Knoxville
Fountainhead College of Technology Private, four-years | Knoxville
Tennessee State University Public, four-years | Nashville
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Public, 2-4 years | Murfreesboro
Trevecca Nazarene University Private, four-years | Nashville
Nashville College of Medical Careers Private, Less than 2-years | Madison
Tusculum University Private, four-years | Greeneville

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Tennessee Colleges

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