A total of 251,307 students are enrolled in Tennessee colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Tennessee colleges and universites, 32,589 students are 18 years old or younger(12.97%), 72,172 students are 18 or 19 years old (28.72%), 51,747 students are between 20 and 22 years old (20.59%), 35,113 students are between 22 and 24 years old (13.97%), and 24,786 students are between 25 and 29 years old (9.86%).
20,745 students are between 30 and 39 years old (8.25%), 9,260 students are between 40 and 49 years old (3.68%), 4,764 students are 50 years old or older (1.90%).
In Tennessee 4-year colleges and universites, 11,884 students are 18 years old or younger(3.52%), 46,622 students are 18 or 19 years old (13.79%), 41,736 students are between 20 and 22 years old (12.35%), 28,771 students are between 22 and 24 years old (8.51%), 17,947 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.31%), 13,142 students are between 30 and 39 years old (3.89%), 5,779 students are between 40 and 49 years old (1.71%), 3,102 students are 50 years old or older (0.92%)
In Tennessee community colleges, there are 46,066 students are younger than 20 years old (28.28%), 15,981 students are between 20 and 24 years old (9.81%), 6,682 students are between 25 and 29 years old (4.10%), and 12,599 students are 30 years old or older (7.73%).
In Tennessee trade schools, there are 189 students are younger than 20 years old (10.84%), 372 students are between 20 and 24 years old (21.33%), 157 students are between 25 and 29 years old (9.00%), and 147 students are 30 years old or older (8.43%).
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 251,307 | 32,589 (12.97%) |
72,172 (28.72%) |
51,747 (20.59%) |
35,113 (13.97%) |
24,786 (9.86%) |
20,745 (8.25%) |
9,260 (3.68%) |
4,764 (1.90%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 337,970 | 11,884 (3.52%) |
46,622 (13.79%) |
41,736 (12.35%) |
28,771 (8.51%) |
17,947 (5.31%) |
13,142 (3.89%) |
5,779 (1.71%) |
3,102 (0.92%) |
| Community Colleges | 162,900 | 20,703 (12.71%) |
25,363 (15.57%) |
9,795 (6.01%) |
6,186 (3.80%) |
6,682 (4.10%) |
7,480 (4.59%) |
3,463 (2.13%) |
1,656 (1.02%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,744 | 2 (0.11%) |
187 (10.72%) |
216 (12.39%) |
156 (8.94%) |
157 (9.00%) |
123 (7.05%) |
18 (1.03%) |
6 (0.34%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Tennessee colleges. A total of 251,307 students have enrolled in Tennessee colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Film InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year | 57 | 5 (8.77%) |
16 (28.07%) |
12 (21.05%) | 7 (12.28%) |
6 (10.53%) |
8 (14.04%) |
3 (5.26%) | - |
| Image Maker Beauty InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year | 65 | - | 32 (49.23%) |
12 (18.46%) | 9 (13.85%) |
5 (7.69%) |
6 (9.23%) |
1 (1.54%) | - |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterPublic, 4-year | 3,139 | - | 1 (0.03%) |
119 (3.79%) | 1,217 (38.77%) |
1,282 (40.84%) |
393 (12.52%) |
91 (2.90%) | 36 (1.15%) |
| Mid-South Christian CollegePrivate, 4-year | 17 | - | 2 (11.76%) |
3 (17.65%) | 5 (29.41%) |
1 (5.88%) |
4 (23.53%) |
- | 2 (11.76%) |
| Empire Beauty School-JacksonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 68 | - | 25 (36.76%) |
16 (23.53%) | 6 (8.82%) |
11 (16.18%) |
9 (13.24%) |
1 (1.47%) | - |
| Empire Beauty School-NashvillePrivate, Less than 2-year | 91 | - | 22 (24.18%) |
19 (20.88%) | 14 (15.38%) |
22 (24.18%) |
14 (15.38%) |
- | - |
| Empire Beauty School-E MemphisPrivate, Less than 2-year | 162 | - | 22 (13.58%) |
31 (19.14%) | 36 (22.22%) |
43 (26.54%) |
27 (16.67%) |
3 (1.85%) | - |
| Paul Mitchell the School-MemphisPrivate, Less than 2-year | 232 | 1 (0.43%) |
43 (18.53%) |
57 (24.57%) | 51 (21.98%) |
39 (16.81%) |
32 (13.79%) |
5 (2.16%) | 4 (1.72%) |
| TC BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 121 | - | 32 (26.45%) |
29 (23.97%) | 17 (14.05%) |
15 (12.40%) |
23 (19.01%) |
4 (3.31%) | 1 (0.83%) |
| Lawrenceburg Technical CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 40 | - | 5 (12.50%) |
10 (25.00%) | 8 (20.00%) |
9 (22.50%) |
- | 2 (5.00%) | 1 (2.50%) |
| Mr Wayne's School of Unisex Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 21 | 1 (4.76%) |
6 (28.57%) |
4 (19.05%) | 3 (14.29%) |
4 (19.05%) |
3 (14.29%) |
- | - |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvillePublic, 2-4 year | 1,016 | 236 (23.23%) |
268 (26.38%) |
131 (12.89%) | 105 (10.33%) |
115 (11.32%) |
93 (9.15%) |
32 (3.15%) | 17 (1.67%) |
| Walters State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,477 | 1,836 (33.52%) |
1,795 (32.77%) |
586 (10.70%) | 300 (5.48%) |
338 (6.17%) |
362 (6.61%) |
183 (3.34%) | 75 (1.37%) |
| Volunteer State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,957 | 1,518 (21.82%) |
2,215 (31.84%) |
855 (12.29%) | 582 (8.37%) |
617 (8.87%) |
663 (9.53%) |
346 (4.97%) | 161 (2.31%) |
| Vanderbilt UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 13,710 | 100 (0.73%) |
3,105 (22.65%) |
3,535 (25.78%) | 2,532 (18.47%) |
2,373 (17.31%) |
1,378 (10.05%) |
449 (3.27%) | 238 (1.74%) |
| Northeast State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,100 | 905 (17.75%) |
1,609 (31.55%) |
605 (11.86%) | 458 (8.98%) |
551 (10.80%) |
585 (11.47%) |
250 (4.90%) | 137 (2.69%) |
| Tennessee Technological UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,902 | 255 (2.58%) |
3,329 (33.62%) |
3,000 (30.30%) | 1,748 (17.65%) |
663 (6.70%) |
541 (5.46%) |
238 (2.40%) | 127 (1.28%) |
| Tennessee State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,218 | 513 (5.57%) |
4,286 (46.50%) |
1,524 (16.53%) | 1,035 (11.23%) |
595 (6.45%) |
631 (6.85%) |
364 (3.95%) | 270 (2.93%) |
| The University of Tennessee-MartinPublic, 4-year | 6,868 | 1,059 (15.42%) |
1,955 (28.47%) |
1,708 (24.87%) | 1,018 (14.82%) |
388 (5.65%) |
403 (5.87%) |
204 (2.97%) | 133 (1.94%) |
| The University of Tennessee-KnoxvillePublic, 4-year | 33,805 | 4,288 (12.68%) |
11,884 (35.15%) |
8,798 (26.03%) | 3,676 (10.87%) |
2,525 (7.47%) |
1,707 (5.05%) |
644 (1.91%) | 283 (0.84%) |
| The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaPublic, 4-year | 11,283 | 137 (1.21%) |
3,700 (32.79%) |
3,613 (32.02%) | 2,001 (17.73%) |
830 (7.36%) |
604 (5.35%) |
244 (2.16%) | 154 (1.36%) |
| Pellissippi State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,452 | 1,539 (18.21%) |
3,048 (36.06%) |
1,254 (14.84%) | 684 (8.09%) |
684 (8.09%) |
704 (8.33%) |
292 (3.45%) | 147 (1.74%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvillePublic, 2-4 year | 1,157 | 324 (28.00%) |
342 (29.56%) |
168 (14.52%) | 81 (7.00%) |
85 (7.35%) |
95 (8.21%) |
45 (3.89%) | 17 (1.47%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnvillePublic, 2-4 year | 577 | 274 (47.49%) |
181 (31.37%) |
42 (7.28%) | 23 (3.99%) |
15 (2.60%) |
26 (4.51%) |
8 (1.39%) | 8 (1.39%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-HuntsvillePublic, 2-4 year | 439 | 194 (44.19%) |
145 (33.03%) |
34 (7.74%) | 16 (3.64%) |
16 (3.64%) |
23 (5.24%) |
5 (1.14%) | 6 (1.37%) |
| The University of the SouthPrivate, 4-year | 1,704 | 26 (1.53%) |
704 (41.31%) |
722 (42.37%) | 158 (9.27%) |
21 (1.23%) |
28 (1.64%) |
29 (1.70%) | 16 (0.94%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvillePublic, 2-4 year | 550 | 72 (13.09%) |
206 (37.45%) |
105 (19.09%) | 42 (7.64%) |
45 (8.18%) |
44 (8.00%) |
23 (4.18%) | 13 (2.36%) |
| Southwest Tennessee Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,443 | 1,403 (21.78%) |
1,632 (25.33%) |
869 (13.49%) | 623 (9.67%) |
616 (9.56%) |
737 (11.44%) |
363 (5.63%) | 200 (3.10%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-CrumpPublic, 2-4 year | 1,411 | 939 (66.55%) |
261 (18.50%) |
51 (3.61%) | 32 (2.27%) |
35 (2.48%) |
49 (3.47%) |
30 (2.13%) | 13 (0.92%) |
| Roane State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,457 | 1,260 (28.27%) |
1,410 (31.64%) |
467 (10.48%) | 304 (6.82%) |
336 (7.54%) |
408 (9.15%) |
179 (4.02%) | 93 (2.09%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-PulaskiPublic, 2-4 year | 565 | 224 (39.65%) |
179 (31.68%) |
63 (11.15%) | 31 (5.49%) |
22 (3.89%) |
26 (4.60%) |
14 (2.48%) | 6 (1.06%) |
| Nashville State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,617 | 1,336 (20.19%) |
1,652 (24.97%) |
688 (10.40%) | 580 (8.77%) |
794 (12.00%) |
949 (14.34%) |
419 (6.33%) | 199 (3.01%) |
| Lincoln College of Technology-NashvillePrivate, 2-4 year | 1,053 | 6 (0.57%) |
574 (54.51%) |
206 (19.56%) | 104 (9.88%) |
73 (6.93%) |
58 (5.51%) |
21 (1.99%) | 11 (1.04%) |
| Motlow State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,636 | 1,555 (27.59%) |
1,996 (35.42%) |
575 (10.20%) | 323 (5.73%) |
377 (6.69%) |
491 (8.71%) |
224 (3.97%) | 95 (1.69%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownPublic, 2-4 year | 859 | 188 (21.89%) |
310 (36.09%) |
116 (13.50%) | 62 (7.22%) |
70 (8.15%) |
59 (6.87%) |
29 (3.38%) | 25 (2.91%) |
| Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 20,086 | 822 (4.09%) |
4,510 (22.45%) |
5,676 (28.26%) | 4,369 (21.75%) |
2,032 (10.12%) |
1,526 (7.60%) |
739 (3.68%) | 412 (2.05%) |
| University of MemphisPublic, 4-year | 21,917 | 1,847 (8.43%) |
4,264 (19.46%) |
4,363 (19.91%) | 4,647 (21.20%) |
2,894 (13.20%) |
2,255 (10.29%) |
1,080 (4.93%) | 567 (2.59%) |
| Meharry Medical CollegePrivate, 4-year | 962 | - | 1 (0.10%) |
4 (0.42%) | 217 (22.56%) |
516 (53.64%) |
201 (20.89%) |
18 (1.87%) | 5 (0.52%) |
| Maryville CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,069 | 88 (8.23%) |
429 (40.13%) |
390 (36.48%) | 114 (10.66%) |
26 (2.43%) |
12 (1.12%) |
5 (0.47%) | 5 (0.47%) |
| The University of Tennessee SouthernPublic, 4-year | 934 | 99 (10.60%) |
344 (36.83%) |
277 (29.66%) | 153 (16.38%) |
24 (2.57%) |
21 (2.25%) |
9 (0.96%) | 7 (0.75%) |
| Le Moyne-Owen CollegePrivate, 4-year | 609 | 4 (0.66%) |
157 (25.78%) |
124 (20.36%) | 126 (20.69%) |
73 (11.99%) |
58 (9.52%) |
32 (5.25%) | 35 (5.75%) |
| Lane CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,010 | 1 (0.10%) |
361 (35.74%) |
326 (32.28%) | 253 (25.05%) |
39 (3.86%) |
9 (0.89%) |
11 (1.09%) | 10 (0.99%) |
| King UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,357 | 44 (3.24%) |
199 (14.66%) |
301 (22.18%) | 258 (19.01%) |
157 (11.57%) |
247 (18.20%) |
100 (7.37%) | 51 (3.76%) |
| Johnson UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 939 | - | 229 (24.39%) |
256 (27.26%) | 178 (18.96%) |
58 (6.18%) |
80 (8.52%) |
67 (7.14%) | 71 (7.56%) |
| Jackson State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,442 | 967 (28.09%) |
972 (28.24%) |
398 (11.56%) | 288 (8.37%) |
280 (8.13%) |
327 (9.50%) |
154 (4.47%) | 56 (1.63%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksboroPublic, 2-4 year | 328 | 74 (22.56%) |
138 (42.07%) |
49 (14.94%) | 16 (4.88%) |
21 (6.40%) |
17 (5.18%) |
5 (1.52%) | 8 (2.44%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HohenwaldPublic, 2-4 year | 912 | 472 (51.75%) |
234 (25.66%) |
89 (9.76%) | 36 (3.95%) |
25 (2.74%) |
31 (3.40%) |
17 (1.86%) | 8 (0.88%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HartsvillePublic, 2-4 year | 643 | 294 (45.72%) |
190 (29.55%) |
70 (10.89%) | 25 (3.89%) |
23 (3.58%) |
26 (4.04%) |
8 (1.24%) | 7 (1.09%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HarrimanPublic, 2-4 year | 579 | 295 (50.95%) |
189 (32.64%) |
35 (6.04%) | 15 (2.59%) |
14 (2.42%) |
18 (3.11%) |
7 (1.21%) | 6 (1.04%) |
| Freed-Hardeman UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,330 | 377 (16.18%) |
631 (27.08%) |
634 (27.21%) | 270 (11.59%) |
87 (3.73%) |
129 (5.54%) |
130 (5.58%) | 71 (3.05%) |
| The Hair Academy LLCPrivate, Less than 2-year | 72 | - | - | 38 (52.78%) | 12 (16.67%) |
9 (12.50%) |
9 (12.50%) |
2 (2.78%) | - |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonPublic, 2-4 year | 495 | 44 (8.89%) |
155 (31.31%) |
104 (21.01%) | 48 (9.70%) |
52 (10.51%) |
56 (11.31%) |
23 (4.65%) | 13 (2.63%) |
| East Tennessee State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 13,483 | 785 (5.82%) |
3,444 (25.54%) |
3,228 (23.94%) | 2,442 (18.11%) |
1,536 (11.39%) |
1,217 (9.03%) |
542 (4.02%) | 289 (2.14%) |
| Dyersburg State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,683 | 692 (25.79%) |
699 (26.05%) |
271 (10.10%) | 171 (6.37%) |
247 (9.21%) |
354 (13.19%) |
187 (6.97%) | 62 (2.31%) |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-DicksonPublic, 2-4 year | 982 | 274 (27.90%) |
276 (28.11%) |
126 (12.83%) | 77 (7.84%) |
59 (6.01%) |
95 (9.67%) |
48 (4.89%) | 27 (2.75%) |
| Columbia State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,954 | 1,170 (23.62%) |
1,858 (37.51%) |
686 (13.85%) | 373 (7.53%) |
316 (6.38%) |
308 (6.22%) |
157 (3.17%) | 86 (1.74%) |
| Cleveland State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,180 | 1,093 (34.37%) |
1,053 (33.11%) |
292 (9.18%) | 170 (5.35%) |
200 (6.29%) |
213 (6.70%) |
110 (3.46%) | 49 (1.54%) |
| Christian Brothers UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,934 | 213 (11.01%) |
342 (17.68%) |
441 (22.80%) | 379 (19.60%) |
324 (16.75%) |
145 (7.50%) |
61 (3.15%) | 29 (1.50%) |
| Chattanooga State Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,429 | 1,514 (23.55%) |
1,760 (27.38%) |
848 (13.19%) | 610 (9.49%) |
650 (10.11%) |
655 (10.19%) |
281 (4.37%) | 111 (1.73%) |
| Carson-Newman UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,586 | 93 (3.60%) |
548 (21.19%) |
660 (25.52%) | 371 (14.35%) |
245 (9.47%) |
324 (12.53%) |
236 (9.13%) | 109 (4.22%) |
| Baptist Health Sciences UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 797 | 1 (0.13%) |
89 (11.17%) |
156 (19.57%) | 248 (31.12%) |
139 (17.44%) |
100 (12.55%) |
44 (5.52%) | 20 (2.51%) |
| Austin Peay State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,326 | 1,132 (12.14%) |
2,108 (22.60%) |
1,878 (20.14%) | 1,356 (14.54%) |
1,119 (12.00%) |
1,129 (12.11%) |
442 (4.74%) | 162 (1.74%) |