Top Colleges in Tennessee Student Population

A total of 64,033 students enroll in Top Colleges in Tennessee.

  • Gender Breakdown: of the total student body, 39.54% are male (25,316) and 60.46% are female (38,717). There are an average of 65.39 male students per 100 female students in Top Colleges in Tennessee. Milligan University has the highest ratio of male students with 87.31 per 100 female students, while Lincoln Memorial University has the lowest ratio of male students with 44.07 per 100 female students among Top Colleges in Tennessee.
  • Largest and Smallest: The average student population of Top Colleges in Tennessee is 6,403. Vanderbilt University is the largest with 13,575 students, and Milligan University is the smallest with 1,240 students among Top Colleges in Tennessee.
  • Student level: There are 45,778 undergraduate students in Top Colleges in Tennessee, 71.49% of the student body. Graduate students account for 28.51% of the total students. Of the Top Colleges in Tennessee, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga has the most number of undergraduate students of 10,202, and Vanderbilt University has the most number of graduate students of 6,354.
  • Distance Learning: There are an average of 8.40% undergraduate students enrolled online and 21.84% graduate students enrolled online in Top Colleges in Tennessee. Austin Peay State University has the most online enrollment with 2,718 students, while Milligan University has the least with 49 students among Top Colleges in Tennessee.
Table. Top Colleges in Tennessee Student Population Comparison
RankSchoolTotalBy GenderBy LevelOnline Enrollment
MenWomenUndergraduateGraduateUndergraduateGraduate
1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN13,5755,9347,6417,2216,354-652
2Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN5,0171,8323,1853,3361,68196520
3Belmont UniversityNashville, TN8,8032,9995,8047,1751,62838103
4Milligan UniversityMilligan, TN1,240578662865375643
5Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, TN2,3061,0021,3041,873433167361
6The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, TN11,7754,8326,94310,2021,573653611
7Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, TN6,0811,8604,2211,6684,41397470
8Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN10,4394,1516,2888,9261,5131,6421,076
9Rhodes CollegeMemphis, TN1,8617691,0921,83823--
10Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, TN2,9361,3591,5772,6742621,145150
-Average6,4032,5323,8724,5781,826427443