List of All Colleges in Tennessee

University of Tennessee System

Universities

University of Tennessee (Flagship university) Knoxville (main campus) Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga Doctoral/Professional Universities

University of Tennessee at Martin Martin Master's Colleges and Universities: Small Programs

Independent Four-year Institutions

Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro Doctoral/Professional Universities

University of Memphis Memphis Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

East Tennessee State University Johnson City Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

Tennessee Technological University Cokeville Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity

Austin Peay State University Clarksville Doctoral Universities: Moderate Research Activity

Tennessee State University (HBCU) Nashville Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity 

Private institutions

Large and medium-size private colleges and universities

Vanderbilt University Nashville Doctoral Large

Belmont University Nashville Doctoral Medium

Bethel University McKenzie Master's Larger

Lee University Cleveland Master's Medium

Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate Doctoral Medium

Lipscomb University Nashville Doctoral Medium

Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville Doctoral Medium

Private liberal arts colleges

·       Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City

·       Lane College, Jackson

·       Maryville College, Maryville

·       Martin Methodist College, Pulaski

·       Milligan College, near Elizabethton in Carter County

·       Rhodes College, Memphis

·       The University of the South, Sewanee

·       Watkins College of Art, Nashville (Merging with Belmont University as of 2020)[4]

·       Williamson College, Franklin

Private colleges and universities

·       American Baptist College, Nashville

·       Aquinas College, Nashville

·       Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences, Memphis

·       Bryan College, Dayton

·       Christian Brothers University, Memphis

·       Crown College, Powell

·       Cumberland University, Lebanon

·       Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City

·       Fisk University, Nashville

·       Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson

·       Harding School of Theology, Memphis

·       Johnson University, Knoxville

·       King University, Bristol

·       Knoxville College, Knoxville

·       LeMoyne-Owen College, Memphis

·       Meharry Medical College, Nashville

·       Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis

·       Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Cordova

·       New College Franklin, Franklin

·       Nashville School of Law, Nashville

·       Oxford Graduate School, Dayton

·       Southern Adventist University, Collegedale

·       Southern College of Optometry, Memphis

·       Tennessee Bible College, Cookeville

·       Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens

·       Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville

·       Tusculum University, Tusculum

·       Union University, Jackson

·       Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville

·       Welch College, Gallatin

·       WGU Tennessee, Statewide (online)[7]