Tennessee Colleges having Highest Students to Faculty Ratio

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the highest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach large number of students and the average class size may also large. Its students to faculty ratio was 18 to last year.

Tennessee Technological University and University of Memphis also have higher ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the lowest students to faculty ratio of 18 to 1. The lowest students to faculty ratio means that there are fewer students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of a small number of students. Tennessee Technological University has the second highest ratio of 18 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,783 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,052 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 81.11% and the average SAT score is 1,088 at the schools.

Table. Tennessee Colleges With More Students Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
3
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TNPublic, 4-year 18 to 1
1 to 1
33,8051,665237$31,974
($13,484)
72.00%
1
1
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TNPublic, 4-year 18 to 1
-
9,902446113$20,116
($10,084)
60.00%
3
2
University of Memphis Memphis, TNPublic, 4-year 17 to 1
1 to 1
21,917886461$14,784
($10,344)
48.00%
4
3
East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
13,483773265$13,034
($9,706)
55.00%
4
3
South College Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year 16 to 1
4 to 1
6,182237550$17,93538.00%
4
1
Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
20,086946320$29,042
($9,506)
54.00%
4
2
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
2 to 1
11,283498249$18,208
($10,144)
52.00%
8
1
The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TNPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
-
6,868293149$16,234
($10,194)
52.00%
9
2
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TNPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
1 to 1
9,326391299$14,219
($8,675)
43.00%
9
1
Tennessee State University Nashville, TNPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
-
9,218366118$22,284
($8,568)
32.00%
Average16 to 114,207650276$19,783
($10,078)
50.60%