Largest Tennessee Colleges

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is the largest Tennessee college with 33,805 students. The percentage of online students is 6.61% at the school.

University of Memphis with 21,917 students and Middle Tennessee State University with 20,086 students are following it in the largetst Tennessee college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Tennessee online colleges.

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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is the largest school with 33,805 students and University of Memphis has the second largest population with 21,917 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Memphis also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,968 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,281 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 75.37% and the average SAT score is 1,181 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Tennessee Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Tennessee Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN Public, four-years	33,805 3,246	27,039	6,766	15,269	18,536	2,236	18 to 1
2 -	University of Memphis Memphis, TN Public, four-years	21,917 288	16,708	5,209	8,749	13,168	5,312	17 to 1
3 -	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN Public, four-years	20,086 1,994	17,438	2,648	9,110	10,976	3,020	16 to 1
4 1	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Private, four-years	13,710 173	7,151	6,559	6,047	7,663	699	7 to 1
5 1	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN Public, four-years	13,483 230	10,554	2,929	5,048	8,435	2,026	16 to 1
6 -	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN Public, four-years	11,283 445	9,884	1,399	4,748	6,535	1,024	16 to 1
7 1	Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN Public, four-years	9,902 275	8,537	1,365	5,221	4,681	987	18 to 1
8 1	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN Public, four-years	9,326 946	8,120	1,206	3,706	5,620	2,353	14 to 1
9 1	Tennessee State University Nashville, TN Public, four-years	9,218 1,603	7,678	1,540	3,158	6,060	918	14 to 1
10 1	Belmont University Nashville, TN Private, four-years	8,910 706	7,384	1,526	2,937	5,973	86	12 to 1
	Average	15,164	12,049	3,115	6,399	8,765	1,866	15 to 1

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