Tennessee Colleges having Lowest Students to Faculty Ratio

Vanderbilt University has the lowest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach small number of students and the average class size may also small. Its students to faculty ratio was 7 to last year.

Lincoln Memorial University and Belmont University also have lower ratio of students per faculty.

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

Vanderbilt University has the highest students to faculty ratio of 7 to 1. The highest students to faculty ratio means that there are many students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of more students. Lincoln Memorial University has the second lowest ratio of 8 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $26,237 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,884 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.33% and the average SAT score is 1,139 at the schools.

Table. Tennessee Colleges With More Faculty Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
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Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 7 to 1
1 to 1
13,7101,249275$63,94692.00%
2
-
Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TNPrivate, 4-year 8 to 1
2 to 1
5,418313275$26,15050.00%
3
-
Belmont University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 12 to 1
2 to 1
8,910383454$41,32072.00%
4
1
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TNPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
1 to 1
9,326391299$14,219
($8,675)
43.00%
4
1
Tennessee State University Nashville, TNPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
-
9,218366118$22,284
($8,568)
32.00%
6
1
The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TNPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
-
6,868293149$16,234
($10,194)
52.00%
7
2
East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
13,483773265$13,034
($9,706)
55.00%
7
6
South College Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year 16 to 1
4 to 1
6,182237550$17,93538.00%
7
1
Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
-
20,086946320$29,042
($9,506)
54.00%
7
4
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TNPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
2 to 1
11,283498249$18,208
($10,144)
52.00%
Average13 to 110,448545295$26,237
($9,466)
54.00%