There are 151 colleges in Tennessee - 48 public and 103 private schools. The 2024 average undergraduate tuition of the Tennessee colleges is $10,201 for state residents and $24,465 for out-of-state students.

62 Tennessee cities have at least one college and, of them, Nashville has the most of 24 colleges. It has 15 four-year colleges and 8 community colleges with a total of 54,568 students. Memphis and Knoxville also has a number of colleges of 24 and 10 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Tennessee colleges by city. The 2024 tuition & fees based on 4-year 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.

151 Tennessee Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Nashville 241581 $27,951
($8,568)		 $27,664
($11,092)		 54,568 40,726 13,842 14 to 1
Memphis 241356 $21,808
($10,673)		 $19,758
($12,970)		 44,385 35,113 9,272 12 to 1
Knoxville 10433 $21,037
($13,484)		 $23,547
($13,620)		 51,085 42,773 8,312 13 to 1
Chattanooga 6321 $25,224
($10,144)		 $19,926
($10,788)		 20,867 19,125 1,742 21 to 1
Jackson 5221 $16,046 $11,953 9,490 8,659 831 15 to 1
Cleveland 5221 $17,081 $14,333 7,927 7,013 914 13 to 1
Murfreesboro 4112 $29,042
($9,506)		 $28,170
($11,124)		 20,747 18,099 2,648 16 to 1
Cookeville 4112 $20,116
($10,084)		 $20,740
($11,800)		 10,564 9,199 1,365 18 to 1
Clarksville 4112 $14,219
($8,675)		 $15,113
($10,127)		 9,564 8,358 1,206 14 to 1
Johnson City 31-2 $13,034
($9,706)		 $25,904
($10,784)		 13,671 10,742 2,929 14 to 1
Morristown 2-2- - - 6,336 6,336 - 19 to 1
Gallatin 211- $20,796 $8,100 7,351 7,302 49 16 to 1
Athens 211- $29,264 $21,845 1,273 1,150 123 15 to 1
Harriman 2-2- - - 5,036 5,036 - 19 to 1
Dayton 22-- $18,900 $8,165 1,733 1,482 251 7 to 1
Pulaski 211- $10,506
($10,506)		 $8,910
($8,910)		 1,499 1,461 38 13 to 1
Franklin 21-1 $15,010 $16,720 99 90 9 7 to 1
McKenzie 211- $17,530 $13,392 4,820 4,172 648 16 to 1
Hendersonville 2--2 - - 312 312 - 18 to 1
Lebanon 21-1 $27,840 $8,280 2,743 2,466 277 18 to 1
Elizabethton 1-1- - - 495 495 - 19 to 1
Lawrenceburg 1--1 - - 40 40 - 10 to 1
Manchester 1--1 - - 69 69 - 15 to 1
Newbern 1-1- - - 444 444 - 12 to 1
Madison 1--1 - - 36 36 - 7 to 1
Crump 1-1- - - 1,411 1,411 - 22 to 1
Hohenwald 1-1- - - 912 912 - 20 to 1
Milligan 11-- $39,350 $7,967 1,105 755 350 9 to 1
Sewanee 11-- $53,704 $18,730 1,704 1,613 91 10 to 1
Old Hickory 1--1 - - 25 25 - 7 to 1
Crossville 1-1- - - 495 495 - 20 to 1
Bartlett 1--1 - - 174 174 - 11 to 1
Columbia 1-1- - - 4,954 4,954 - 19 to 1
Collegedale 11-- $25,590 $12,870 2,903 2,571 332 15 to 1
Harrogate 11-- $26,150 $23,225 5,418 1,560 3,858 8 to 1
Antioch 11-- - - - - - -
Dickson 1-1- - - 982 982 - 17 to 1
Blountville 1-1- - - 5,100 5,100 - 20 to 1
Millington 1--1 - - 4 4 - 1 to 1
Fayetteville 1--1 - - 72 72 - 20 to 1
Lexington 1--1 - - 59 59 - 11 to 1
Milan 1--1 - - 70 70 - 12 to 1
Tullahoma 1-1- - - 5,636 5,636 - 23 to 1
Henderson 11-- $25,000 $11,700 2,330 1,850 480 13 to 1
Brentwood 1--1 - - 91 91 - 18 to 1
Paris 1-1- - - 248 248 - 11 to 1
Hartsville 1-1- - - 643 643 - 13 to 1
New Tazewell 1--1 - - 73 73 - 20 to 1
Shelbyville 1-1- - - 550 550 - 20 to 1
Jacksboro 1-1- - - 328 328 - 12 to 1
Jefferson City 11-- $34,700 $10,168 2,586 1,519 1,067 10 to 1
Huntsville 1-1- - - 439 439 - 6 to 1
Goodlettsville 1--1 - - 66 66 - 34 to 1
McMinnville 1-1- - - 577 577 - 15 to 1
Bristol 11-- $34,800 $14,182 1,357 1,120 237 11 to 1
LaFollette 1--1 - - - - - -
Martin 11-- $16,234
($10,194)		 $12,636
($11,592)		 6,868 6,165 703 15 to 1
Livingston 1-1- - - 1,417 1,417 - 25 to 1
Sweetwater 1--1 - - 41 41 - 9 to 1
Dyersburg 1-1- - - 2,683 2,683 - 23 to 1
Greeneville 11-- $28,500 $14,400 1,303 1,111 192 16 to 1
Maryville 11-- $38,514 $15,956 1,069 1,065 4 12 to 1