University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 120 (87%)
Sunshine Hours 2,526 (37%)
Days Without Precipitation 237 (32%)

Honors College

Name University Honors
Students 2,000 (7%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,386
Men / Women 47% / 53%
From State 64%
From Region 11%
Athletes 636 (2.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 78%
Hispanic 7%
Mixed 5%
Asian 4%
Black 4%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture and Design 152 30% 82% 3% 5% 7% 1% $69,240 41 +0.16 68 97%
Architecture and Design Technology 87 — 46% 83% 0% 6% 6% 1% $68,636 51 +0.06 67 97% — — — —
Graphic Design 15 — 33% 67% 13% 0% 13% 0% $78,375 92 +1.42 80 92% — — — —
Interior Architecture 50 — 2% 84% 4% 4% 6% 0% $67,552 46 -0.06 65 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 1,714 34% 77% 4% 5% 7% 1% $57,879 5 -0.43 42 94% 10.6%
Chemistry 28 — 43% 71% 14% 11% 0% 0% $61,736 10 -0.95 52 93% — — — —
Geosciences 27 +1 44% 89% 4% 0% 7% 0% $60,571 34 -0.41 49 94% — — — —
Mathematics 26 +4 46% 77% 8% 8% 0% 8% $56,150 4 -1.10 37 90% — — — —
Physics 16 +1 81% 81% 6% 6% 0% 6% $79,538 39 -0.29 81 — — — — —
Statistics 18 +2 61% 72% 6% 6% 6% 0% $108,783 61 +0.00 97 100% — — — —
Biology 266 +1 38% 76% 7% 4% 6% 0% $64,142 39 -0.27 58 94% — — — —
Neuroscience 138 +3 31% 69% 12% 4% 7% 2% $32,432 1 -3.03 2 91% — — — —
Economics 15 +2 73% 67% 0% 0% 27% 0% $64,686 4 -1.25 59 96% — — — —
Classical Languages 7 +4 14% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $64,421 72 +0.57 59 — — — — —
Deaf Studies 8 — 0% 88% 0% 12% 0% 0% $61,259 62 +0.16 51 — — — — —
English 88 +8 24% 75% 2% 3% 8% 0% $53,439 59 +0.13 30 93% — — — —
Foreign Languages 28 +14 32% 64% 7% 4% 14% 0% $63,484 68 +0.49 56 90% — — — —
History 66 +6 71% 80% 5% 3% 6% 0% $56,339 55 -0.06 38 92% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 65 +13 29% 80% 2% 5% 9% 2% $63,901 85 +0.63 57 94% 10.6% — — —
Philosophy 15 +3 67% 87% 0% 7% 7% 0% $69,540 79 +0.61 68 100% — — — —
Religious Studies 5 +3 40% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,701 89 +1.09 47 — — — — —
Anthropology 95 +3 16% 80% 2% 4% 8% 0% $43,479 2 -1.22 9 90% — — — —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,500 34 -0.42 43 100% — — — —
Geography 21 +3 52% 90% 5% 0% 0% 0% $58,500 34 -0.42 43 100% — — — —
International Studies 11 +5 9% 82% 0% 9% 9% 0% $65,632 34 -0.37 61 — — — — —
Political Science 172 +14 45% 77% 3% 6% 7% 1% $66,984 36 -0.38 64 97% — — — —
Psychology 365 +30 21% 79% 2% 7% 7% 1% $60,167 44 -0.13 48 — — — — —
Public Administration 12 — 67% 75% 0% 0% 17% 0% $64,781 31 -0.55 59 — — — — —
Sociology 82 +17 20% 71% 0% 9% 9% 0% $59,757 71 +0.26 47 96% — — — —
Sustainability Science 20 — 0% 90% 0% 0% 5% 0% $62,363 53 +0.14 54 — — — — —
Art History 2 +2 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,643 21 -0.71 8 92% — — — —
Film Studies 20 +4 55% 85% 5% 0% 5% 0% $44,576 18 -0.65 11 — — — — —
Music 41 +1 66% 83% 0% 2% 2% 5% $53,871 82 +0.77 31 96% — — — —
Studio Art 36 +2 11% 78% 6% 6% 6% 0% $42,643 32 -0.45 8 92% — — — —
Theatre 18 +1 39% 78% 6% 11% 6% 0% $34,694 8 -1.12 3 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Communication and Information 499 38% 80% 2% 6% 6% 0% $73,112 52 +0.07 74 96%
Information Sciences 75 — 64% 61% 11% 8% 9% 1% $103,556 67 +0.26 96 — — — — —
Advertising 86 — 33% 81% 5% 3% 6% 0% $76,973 53 -0.05 79 98% — — — —
Communication Studies 124 — 41% 81% 0% 8% 4% 1% $63,360 58 +0.14 56 96% — — — —
Journalism 129 — 43% 85% 0% 5% 9% 0% $59,669 40 -0.30 46 96% — — — —
Public Relations 85 — 7% 88% 0% 6% 2% 0% $76,973 67 +0.49 79 98% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences 897 23% 82% 2% 4% 5% 1% $64,812 25 +0.41 59 95%
Nutrition 47 — 2% 87% 4% 0% 2% 0% $60,182 30 -0.36 48 92% — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 7 — 14% 43% 14% 0% 0% 14% $75,103 39 -0.23 77 — — — — —
Kinesiology 296 — 28% 78% 4% 6% 6% 0% $64,094 63 +0.27 58 96% — — — —
Public Health 20 — 15% 60% 5% 5% 20% 0% $71,444 77 +0.59 72 96% — — — —
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 94 — 1% 85% 1% 3% 2% 2% $58,428 29 -0.48 43 94% — — — —
Consumer Science 35 — 20% 97% 0% 0% 3% 0% $86,622 78 +0.47 87 93% — — — —
Sport Management 198 — 49% 80% 2% 5% 6% 2% $64,094 65 +0.30 58 96% — — — —
Child and Family Studies 65 — 3% 86% 0% 5% 6% 0% $51,424 35 -0.22 24 93% — — — —
Education 118 — 8% 92% 2% 0% 4% 0% $75,909 99 +2.44 78 96% — — — —
Special Education 17 — 6% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% $51,027 25 -0.74 23 87% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Nursing 333 11% 82% 3% 2% 6% 1% $85,867 83 -0.63 87 99% 2.4%
Nursing 333 — 11% 82% 3% 2% 6% 1% $85,867 25 -0.63 87 99% 2.4% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Social Work 82 12% 82% 1% 4% 6% 0% $50,013 1 -0.38 21 94% 7.7%
Social Work 82 — 12% 82% 1% 4% 6% 0% $50,013 27 -0.38 21 94% 7.7% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Haslam College of Business 2,053 56% 84% 3% 2% 6% 1% $88,717 88 +0.10 89 97%
Accounting 191 +8 64% 82% 5% 3% 5% 3% $101,376 81 +0.93 95 98% — — — —
Business Analytics 175 +7 58% 76% 6% 2% 10% 1% $98,178 67 +0.33 94 99% — — — —
Economics 45 +3 64% 76% 0% 2% 13% 0% $84,268 33 -0.52 86 97% — — — —
Finance 353 +8 73% 82% 5% 2% 5% 0% $93,804 49 -0.18 91 98% — — — —
Hospitality Management 43 — 12% 81% 2% 2% 9% 2% $64,222 69 +0.33 58 98% — — — —
Human Resources Management 38 +1 16% 76% 0% 5% 16% 0% $76,408 54 +0.03 78 94% — — — —
Management 245 +3 59% 88% 2% 2% 3% 0% $90,705 84 +0.68 90 97% — — — —
Marketing 479 +12 30% 85% 2% 2% 5% 0% $76,349 50 -0.10 78 96% — — — —
Supply Chain Management 419 +14 68% 87% 1% 1% 5% 0% $90,705 47 -0.10 90 97% — — — —
Construction Management 65 — 89% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $95,756 32 -0.42 92 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Herbert College of Agriculture 313 34% 86% 2% 2% 6% 0% $61,524 14 +0.14 51 96% 5.7%
Agricultural Business and Management 28 — 61% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,490 18 -1.04 54 100% — — — —
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 25 — 20% 80% 4% 0% 8% 0% $57,084 4 -1.53 40 88% 5.7% — — —
Animal Science 104 — 15% 82% 0% 3% 10% 0% $61,918 85 +0.78 52 97% — — — —
Food Science 16 — 44% 62% 25% 0% 12% 0% $77,348 98 +1.27 79 97% — — — —
Forestry 26 — 58% 96% 4% 0% 0% 0% $61,298 47 -0.02 51 100% — — — —
Plant Science 40 — 42% 92% 0% 2% 2% 0% $55,815 23 -0.52 36 89% — — — —
Soil Chemistry and Physics 19 — 32% 95% 0% 0% 0% 0% $91,221 100 +2.75 90 93% — — — —
Wildlife and Fisheries Science 49 — 41% 84% 0% 2% 8% 0% $50,765 33 -0.43 23 100% — — — —
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 6 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,382 44 -0.18 46 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Tickle College of Engineering 734 73% 76% 8% 3% 6% 2% $104,732 96 -0.07 96 97%
Aerospace Engineering 56 — 80% 79% 2% 2% 9% 2% $96,841 17 -0.75 93 96% — — — —
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 8 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $95,485 83 +0.54 92 100% — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 61 — 43% 79% 3% 5% 2% 2% $84,266 8 -1.24 85 94% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 45 — 44% 67% 13% 0% 13% 4% $104,594 47 -0.09 96 98% — — — —
Civil Engineering 84 — 70% 82% 5% 1% 7% 0% $95,805 74 +0.50 93 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 20 — 85% 70% 15% 5% 10% 0% $125,260 75 +0.39 99 95% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 37 — 89% 76% 5% 11% 3% 3% $108,906 38 -0.38 97 100% — — — —
Industrial and Systems Engineering 63 — 59% 71% 14% 5% 3% 2% $114,886 64 +0.08 98 98% — — — —
Materials Science and Engineering 9 — 56% 78% 11% 0% 11% 0% $91,001 27 -0.39 90 94% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 185 — 83% 83% 5% 2% 5% 1% $101,606 68 +0.30 95 98% — — — —
Nuclear Engineering 39 — 82% 85% 0% 0% 10% 0% $103,771 39 -0.35 96 100% — — — —
Computer Science 127 — 80% 66% 17% 2% 6% 4% $120,914 52 -0.12 99 95% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,511
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $35,380
Est. In-State Cost $18,771
Est. Out-of-State Cost $45,768
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%
4-Year Graduation Rate 57%
6-Year Graduation Rate 74%
Transfer-Out Rate 16%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 34.3% 2,322 53% 84% 3% 2% 6% 1% $85,799 63 +0.13 87 97% —
Social Sciences 18.8% 1,272 26% 81% 1% 6% 6% 0% $60,189 56 -0.20 48 95% 7.7%
Health Sciences 11.1% 750 16% 80% 3% 4% 6% 1% $73,350 33 -0.22 74 97% 2.4%
Engineering 9.0% 607 71% 79% 6% 3% 6% 1% $101,346 50 -0.06 95 98% —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.0% 404 36% 73% 9% 4% 6% 1% $53,310 4 -1.21 29 93% —
Agriculture & Food Science 5.2% 354 29% 86% 2% 1% 6% 0% $61,383 57 +0.08 51 95% 5.7%
Humanities 4.2% 282 39% 77% 3% 4% 8% 0% $58,988 72 +0.29 45 93% 10.6%
Arts 4.0% 269 35% 81% 3% 4% 6% 1% $58,995 80 +0.02 45 96% —
Computer Science 3.0% 202 74% 64% 14% 4% 7% 3% $114,469 57 +0.02 98 95% —
Education 2.0% 135 8% 92% 1% 0% 4% 0% $72,776 99 +2.04 74 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.7% 115 52% 78% 8% 6% 3% 3% $70,040 26 -0.62 69 94% —
Professional 1.0% 65 89% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $95,756 92 -0.42 92 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $128M #35 62% $4.6M 116 #26 730 55
Agriculture & Food Science $82.8M #29 38% $3.1M 23 #27 117 26
Physical Sciences & Math $37.5M #88 59% $0.0M 40 #76 467 51
Humanities & Social Sciences $33.8M #64 16% $0.0M 87 #51 251 2
Life & Natural Sciences $32.6M #100 57% $0.4M 24 #93 250 21
Business & Economics $17.2M #36 4% $0 15 #90 27 —
Health Sciences $8.6M #143 40% $0.2M 75 #20 84 3
Education $5.5M #93 46% $0 36 #106 — —
Computer Science $4.1M #147 48% $0.0M 10 #100 56 —
Total $350M #85 47% $8.4M 426 #47 1,982 158

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 140 $88K $5.9M -$5.9M
Football 123 $162.5M $61.2M $101.3M
Baseball 55 $10.3M $11.4M -$1.2M
Swimming & Diving 31 $186K $3.3M -$3.1M
Basketball 15 $35.3M $20.2M $15.1M
Golf 10 $63K $1.9M -$1.8M
Tennis 10 $38K $1.8M -$1.7M
Total 305 $208.5M $105.8M $102.7M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 162 $124K $4.9M -$4.8M
Rowing 99 $174K $5.7M -$5.5M
Soccer 40 $283K $3.5M -$3.2M
Swimming & Diving 32 $184K $3.7M -$3.6M
Basketball 30 $4.4M $7.6M -$3.2M
Softball 29 $1.2M $4.7M -$3.5M
Volleyball 21 $435K $3.4M -$2.9M
Tennis 11 $71K $2.0M -$1.9M
Golf 8 $125K $1.8M -$1.6M
Total 331 $7.0M $37.2M -$30.2M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 302 $213K $10.9M -$10.7M
Football 123 $162.5M $61.2M $101.3M
Rowing 99 $174K $5.7M -$5.5M
Swimming & Diving 63 $370K $7.0M -$6.6M
Baseball 55 $10.3M $11.4M -$1.2M
Basketball 45 $39.7M $27.8M $11.9M
Soccer 40 $283K $3.5M -$3.2M
Softball 29 $1.2M $4.7M -$3.5M
Tennis 21 $109K $3.7M -$3.6M
Volleyball 21 $435K $3.4M -$2.9M
Golf 18 $189K $3.7M -$3.5M
Total 636 $285.4M $285.4M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 42%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 42% 42% 42%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1200 – 1370
SAT Math Range 600 – 690
SAT RW Range 600 – 680