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Colleges in Tennessee

Tennessee has 82 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 24 public, 44 private nonprofit and 14 for-profit. Together they enroll about 231,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with 30,418. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
American Baptist CollegeNashville · Private nonprofit
$11,418Not reported32%46
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville · Public
$9,04996%42%7,560
Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis · Private nonprofit
$10,16582%33%770
Belmont UniversityNashville · Private nonprofit
$32,64895%71%7,137
Bethel UniversityMcKenzie · Private nonprofit
$13,26760%29%1,547
Bryan College, DaytonDayton · Private nonprofit
$23,601Not reported53%814
Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City · Private nonprofit
$18,13090%54%1,387
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical CareersChattanooga · Private for-profit
$34,768Not reported59%252
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga · Public
$5,286Not reportedNot reported5,284
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis · Private nonprofit
$16,84287%55%905
Cleveland State Community CollegeCleveland · Public
$10,503Not reportedNot reported1,975
Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia · Public
$6,793Not reportedNot reported3,897
Concorde Career College, MemphisMemphis · Private for-profit
$28,23195%Not reported517
Cumberland UniversityLebanon · Private nonprofit
$15,96567%45%2,104
Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburg · Public
$6,557Not reportedNot reported2,103
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City · Public
$14,20886%55%10,004
Fisk UniversityNashville · Private nonprofit
$37,14337%40%1,035
Fortis Institute, CookevilleCookeville · Private for-profit
$26,493Not reportedNot reported334
Fortis Institute, NashvilleNashville · Private for-profit
$27,243Not reportedNot reported393
Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson · Private nonprofit
$22,03660%73%1,212
Galen Health Institutes, Nashville CampusNashville · Private for-profit
$28,537Not reportedNot reported1,027
Herzing University, ClarksvilleClarksville · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Herzing University, NashvilleNashville · Private nonprofit
$23,36393%Not reported201
Jackson State Community CollegeJackson · Public
$7,025Not reportedNot reported2,511
John A Gupton CollegeNashville · Private nonprofit
$18,048100%Not reported166
Johnson UniversityKnoxville · Private nonprofit
$23,54965%60%743
King UniversityBristol · Private nonprofit
$22,416100%44%908
Lane CollegeJackson · Private nonprofit
$12,660Not reported18%736
Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis · Private nonprofit
$6,99399%24%581
Lee UniversityCleveland · Private nonprofit
$21,03471%62%2,617
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate · Private nonprofit
$21,39463%49%1,572
Lipscomb UniversityNashville · Private nonprofit
$23,17868%71%2,997
Maryville CollegeMaryville · Private nonprofit
$20,67761%48%1,005
Meharry Medical CollegeNashville · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Memphis Theological SeminaryMemphis · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Meridian Institute of Surgical AssistingNashville · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported805
Mid-South Christian CollegeMemphis · Private nonprofit
$13,126100%100%19
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia IncMadison · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro · Public
$12,56269%54%16,301
Miller-Motte College, ChattanoogaChattanooga · Private for-profit
$24,814Not reported51%4,462
Milligan UniversityMilligan · Private nonprofit
$20,00072%62%818
Motlow State Community CollegeTullahoma · Public
$12,645Not reportedNot reported3,962
Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville · Private for-profit
$34,648Not reportedNot reported967
Nashville Film InstituteNashville · Private for-profit
$30,729Not reportedNot reported60
Nashville State Community CollegeNashville · Public
$7,979Not reportedNot reported5,653
North Central InstituteClarksville · Private for-profit
$26,683Not reportedNot reported61
Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville · Public
$5,859Not reportedNot reported4,404
Nossi College of Art and DesignNashville · Private for-profit
$24,51846%40%247
Omega Graduate SchoolDayton · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville · Public
$6,725Not reportedNot reported6,715
Pentecostal Theological SeminaryCleveland · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported0
Remington College, Memphis CampusMemphis · Private nonprofit
$23,097Not reportedNot reported331
Remington College, Nashville CampusNashville · Private nonprofit
$22,690Not reportedNot reported280
Rhodes CollegeMemphis · Private nonprofit
$28,77650%81%1,836
Richmont Graduate UniversityChattanooga · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Roane State Community CollegeHarriman · Public
$1,635Not reportedNot reported3,250
SAE Institute of Technology, NashvilleNashville · Private for-profit
$24,886Not reported37%1,712
South CollegeKnoxville · Private for-profit
$17,273Not reported45%8,745
Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale · Private nonprofit
$25,97966%56%2,773
Southern College of OptometryMemphis · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphis · Public
$5,091Not reportedNot reported5,047
Strayer University, TennesseeNashville · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reported50%1,784
Tennessee State UniversityNashville · Public
$12,15470%34%4,848
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville · Public
$16,83076%56%8,698
Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens · Private nonprofit
$14,96569%49%846
The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis · Public
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported394
The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski · Public
$6,69087%32%864
The University of Tennessee, ChattanoogaChattanooga · Public
$15,02681%56%10,074
The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxville · Public
$18,31442%74%30,418
The University of Tennessee, MartinMartin · Public
$10,21188%51%4,866
The University of the SouthSewanee · Private nonprofit
$31,93157%79%1,607
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville · Private nonprofit
$19,82869%51%1,737
Tusculum UniversityGreeneville · Private nonprofit
$20,50872%39%785
Union UniversityJackson · Private nonprofit
$22,99560%75%1,607
University of MemphisMemphis · Public
$12,19272%53%12,701
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville · Private nonprofit
$15,4976%93%7,208
Visible Music CollegeMemphis · Private nonprofit
$25,00628%14%79
Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatin · Public
$10,508Not reportedNot reported5,339
Walters State Community CollegeMorristown · Public
$7,082Not reportedNot reported3,591
Welch CollegeGallatin · Private nonprofit
$17,090Not reported55%226
William R Moore College of TechnologyMemphis · Private nonprofit
$12,496Not reportedNot reported366
Williamson Christian CollegeFranklin · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reported50%41

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.