Largest Tennessee 4-Years 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.

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville stays 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 $26,893 and graduate tuition & fees is $26,281 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.50% and the average SAT score is 1,149 at the schools.

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

Table. Largest Tennessee 4-Years Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TNPublic, 4-year 33,805
2,104
27,0396,76615,26918,5362,23618 to 1
2
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University of Memphis Memphis, TNPublic, 4-year 21,917
295
16,7085,2098,74913,1685,31217 to 1
3
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Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TNPublic, 4-year 20,086
1,482
17,4382,6489,11010,9763,02016 to 1
4
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Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 13,710
86
7,1516,5596,0477,6636997 to 1
5
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East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TNPublic, 4-year 13,483
180
10,5542,9295,0488,4352,02616 to 1
6
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The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TNPublic, 4-year 11,283
174
9,8841,3994,7486,5351,02416 to 1
7
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Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TNPublic, 4-year 9,902
62
8,5371,3655,2214,68198718 to 1
8
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Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TNPublic, 4-year 9,326
283
8,1201,2063,7065,6202,35314 to 1
9
1
Tennessee State University Nashville, TNPublic, 4-year 9,218
1,141
7,6781,5403,1586,06091814 to 1
10
1
Belmont University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 8,910
214
7,3841,5262,9375,9738612 to 1
Average15,16412,0493,1156,3998,7651,86615 to 1