This is a list of colleges and universities in Tennessee. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education.
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Institutions
Colleges and universities
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Institution
!Location
!Control
!Type
!Enrollment|group="lower-alpha"
|align="center"|Nashville
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
|align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
|align="center"|46
|align="center"|1924
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|align="center"|Aquinas College
|align="center"|Nashville
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Roman Catholic)</small>
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1961
|-
| align="center"|Austin Peay State University
| align="center"|Clarksville
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s (Research)
| align="center"|10,439
| align="center"|1927
|-
|align="center"|Baptist Health Sciences University
|align="center"|Memphis
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
|align="center"|Special Focus: Nursing
|align="center"|891
|align="center"|1912
|-
| align="center"|Belmont University
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"| Private<br /><small>(Nondenominational)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate
| align="center"|8,803
| align="center"|1890
|-
| align="center"|Bethel University
| align="center"|McKenzie
| align="center"| Private<br /><small>(Presbyterian)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|2,936
| align="center"|1871
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|align="center"|Bryan College
|align="center"|Dayton
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Nondenominational)</small>
|align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
|align="center"|1,701
|align="center"|1930
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| align="center"|Carson-Newman University
| align="center"|Jefferson City
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate
| align="center"|2,669
| align="center"|1851
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|align="center"|Christian Brothers University
|align="center"|Memphis
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Catholic)</small>
|align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
|align="center"|1,772
|align="center"|1871
|-
|align="center"|Crown College
|align="center"|Powell
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Independent Baptist)</small>
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center"|1991
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|align="center"|Cumberland University
|align="center"|Lebanon
|align="center"|Private
|align="center"|Associate/Baccalaureate
|align="center"|3,457
|align="center"|1842
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| align="center"|East Tennessee State University
| align="center"|Johnson City
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate (R2)
| align="center"|13,728
| align="center"|1911
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|align="center"|Fisk University
|align="center"|Nashville
|align="center"|Private
|align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences (Research)
|align="center"|1,059
|align="center"|1866
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|align="center"|Freed-Hardeman University
|align="center"|Henderson
|align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Churches of Christ)</small>
|align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
|align="center"|2,306
|align="center"|1869
|-
| align="center"|Harding School of Theology
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Churches of Christ)</small>
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|1952
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| align="center"|Johnson University
| align="center"|Knoxville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Christian Churches)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
| align="center"|978
| align="center"|1893
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| align="center"|King University
| align="center"|Bristol
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Presbyterian & E.P.C.)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
| align="center"|1,157
| align="center"|1867
|-
| align="center"|Knoxville College
| align="center"|Knoxville
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|1875
|-
| align="center"|Lane College
| align="center"|Jackson
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(C.M.E.)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences
| align="center"|738
| align="center"|1888
|-
| align="center"|Lee University
| align="center"|Cleveland
| align="center"| Private<br /><small>(Church of God)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|3,714
| align="center"|1918
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| align="center"|LeMoyne-Owen College
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(United Church of Christ)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|659
| align="center"|1862
|-
| align="center"|Lincoln Memorial University
| align="center"|Harrogate
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|Special Focus: Medical Schools and Centers
| align="center"|6,081
| align="center"|1897
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| align="center"|Lipscomb University
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"| Private<br /><small>(Churches of Christ)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate
| align="center"|5,017
| align="center"|1891
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| align="center"|Maryville College
| align="center"|Maryville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Presbyterian)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|1,136
| align="center"|1819
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| align="center"|Meharry Medical College
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Methodist)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Medical Schools and Centers
| align="center"|1,226
| align="center"|1876
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| align="center"|Memphis Theological Seminary
| align="center"|Cordova
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Presbyterian)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
| align="center"|157
| align="center"|1852
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| align="center"|Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
| align="center"|Cordova
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|1971
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| align="center"|Middle Tennessee State University
| align="center"|Murfreesboro
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s (R2)
| align="center"|20,488
| align="center"|1911
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| align="center"|Mid-South Christian College
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Christian Churches)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
| align="center"|32
| align="center"|1959
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| align="center"|Milligan University
| align="center"|Carter County
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Christian Churches)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
| align="center"|1,240
| align="center"|1866
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| align="center"|Nashville School of Law
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|1911
|-
| align="center"|New College Franklin
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Nondenominational)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences
| align="center"|
| align="center"|2009
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| align="center"|Omega Graduate School
| align="center"|Dayton
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
| align="center"|69
| align="center"|1980
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| align="center"|Pentecostal Theological Seminary
| align="center"|Cleveland
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Church of God)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Theological Studies
| align="center"|517
| align="center"|1975
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| align="center"|Rhodes College
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences
| align="center"|1,861
| align="center"|1848
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| align="center"|Sewanee: The University of the South
| align="center"|Sewanee
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Episcopal)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences
| align="center"|1,724
| align="center"|1857
|-
| align="center"|South College
| align="center"|Knoxville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(For-profit)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Other Health Professions
| align="center"|11,557
| align="center"|1882
|-
| align="center"|Southern Adventist University
| align="center"|Collegedale
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Adventist)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|3,229
| align="center"|1892
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| align="center"|Southern College of Optometry
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|Special Focus: Other Health Professions
| align="center"|530
| align="center"|1932
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| align="center"|Tennessee Bible College
| align="center"|Cookeville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Churches of Christ)</small>
| align="center"|
| align="center"|
| align="center"|1915
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| align="center"|Tennessee State University
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate (R2)
| align="center"|6,310
| align="center"|1912
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| align="center"|Tennessee Technological University
| align="center"|Cookeville
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s (R2)
| align="center"|10,511
| align="center"|1915
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| align="center"|Tennessee Wesleyan University
| align="center"|Athens
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Methodist)</small>
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|1,198
| align="center"|1857
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| align="center"|Trevecca Nazarene University
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Nazarene)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate
| align="center"|3,195
| align="center"|1901
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| align="center"|Tusculum University
| align="center"|Tusculum
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Presbyterian)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
| align="center"|1,103
| align="center"|1794
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| align="center"|Union University
| align="center"|Jackson
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate
| align="center"|2,713
| align="center"|1823
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| align="center"|University of Memphis
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate (R1)
| align="center"|20,276
| align="center"|1912
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| align="center"|University of Tennessee<br /><small>(Flagship university)</small>
| align="center"|Knoxville
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate (R1)
| align="center"|38,728
| align="center"|1794
|-
| align="center"|University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
| align="center"|Chattanooga
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s (Research)
| align="center"|11,775
| align="center"|1886
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| align="center"|University of Tennessee Health Science Center
| align="center"|Memphis
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Special Focus: Medical Schools and Centers
| align="center"|3,101
| align="center"|1911
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| align="center"|University of Tennessee at Martin
| align="center"|Martin
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Master’s
| align="center"|7,499
| align="center"|1900
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| align="center"|University of Tennessee Southern
| align="center"|Pulaski
| align="center"|Public
| align="center"|Baccalaureate
| align="center"|1,046
| align="center"|1870
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| align="center"|Vanderbilt University
| align="center"|Nashville
| align="center"|Private
| align="center"|Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate (R1)
| align="center"|13,575
| align="center"|1873
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| align="center"|Welch College
| align="center"|Gallatin
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Baptist)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Arts and Sciences
| align="center"|389
| align="center"|1885
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| align="center"|Williamson College
| align="center"|Franklin
| align="center"|Private<br /><small>(Nondenominational)</small>
| align="center"|Special Focus: Business
| align="center"|64
| align="center"|1997
|}
Defunct colleges and universities
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Location
!Control
!Carnegie Classification
!Founded
!Defunct
!Fate
|-
|Bolivar College
|Madisonville
|Private
|
|1850
|
|Closed
|-
|Burritt College
|Spencer
|Private
|
|1848
|1939
|Closed
|-
|Daymar College
|Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Nashville
|Private
|
|1963
|2018
|acquired by Hussian College
|-
|Hiwassee College
|Madisonville
|Private
|Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges
|1849
|2019
|Closed
|-
|Lambuth University
|Jackson
|Private
|
|1843
|2011
|Acquired by University of Memphis
|-
|Memphis College of Art
|Memphis
|Private
|Masters University
|1936
|2020
|Closed
|-
|Morristown College
|Morristown
|Private
|
|1881
|1989
|Acquired by Knoxville College
|-
|O'More College of Design
|Franklin
|Private
|Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges
|1969
|2018
|Merged with Belmont University
|-
|Peabody College
|Nashville
|Private
|
|1875
|1979
|Merged with Vanderbilt University
|-
|Scarritt College
|Nashville
|Private
|
|1892
|1988
|Closed
|-
|Tennessee Temple University
|Chattanooga
|Private
|Doctoral University
|1946
|2015
|Merged with Carolina University
|-
|Victory University
|Memphis
|Private
|
|1941
|2014
|Closed
|-
|Ward–Belmont College
|Nashville
|Private
|
|1913
|1951
|Closed, campus sold to Belmont University
|}
Tennessee Board of Regents
Two-year institutions
- Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga
- Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland
- Columbia State Community College, Columbia
- Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg
- Jackson State Community College, Jackson
- Motlow State Community College, Lynchburg
- Nashville State Community College, Nashville
- Northeast State Community College, Blountville
- Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville
- Roane State Community College, Harriman
- Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis
- Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin
- Walters State Community College, Morristown
Colleges of Applied Technology
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Athens
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Chattanooga, Chattanooga
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Covington
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Crossville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Crump, Crump
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology -Dickson
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Elizabethton
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Harriman
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Hartsville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Hohenwald
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jacksboro
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jackson
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Knoxville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Livingston
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - McKenzie
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - McMinnville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Memphis
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Morristown, Morristown
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Murfreesboro
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Nashville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Newbern, Newbern
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Oneida
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Paris
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Pulaski, Pulaski
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Ripley
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Shelbyville, Shelbyville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Whiteville
Private institutions
Two-year institutions
- American National University, Nashville
- John A. Gupton College, Nashville
- Remington College
- Nashville
- Memphis
- Miller-Motte Technical College
- Chattanooga
See also
- Higher education in the United States
- List of college athletic programs in Tennessee
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
Notes
References
External links
- U.S. Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Tennessee