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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Knoxville, TN
Population 700,000
Website http://www.utk.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 28,763
Men / Women 47% / 53%
White 74%
Hispanic 7%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
Asian 4%
International 1%
Native American 0%
From State 64%
From Region 11%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Business & Economics 33%
Humanities & Social Sciences 25%
Life & Natural Sciences 11%
Engineering 10%
Health Sciences 10%
Arts 4%
Computer Science 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%
Education 1%
Professional 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $13,812
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $33,256
Est. In-State Cost $17,867
Est. Out-of-State Cost $43,020
10-Year ROI $171,000
ROI Percentile 68th

Retention & Graduation

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

Weather

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

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 48%
Yield (Unbound) 27%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $137M #48
Life & Natural Sciences $157M #95
Humanities & Social Sciences $16M #97
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 131 #41
Humanities & Social Sciences 264 #90
Life & Natural Sciences 239 #112

Honors College

Name University Honors
Students 2,000 (7%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1230 – 1340
SAT Math Range 600 – 690
SAT RW Range 600 – 680
ACT Range 25 – 31

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture and Design 109 30% / 70% 0% $61,913 99%
Architecture 12 — 58% / 42% 0% $64,865 69 97%
Architecture and Design Technology 36 — 53% / 47% 0% $62,254 64 —
Graphic Design 21 — 19% / 81% 0% $55,974 49 100%
Interior Architecture 40 — 8% / 92% 0% $63,841 67 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 1,629 36% / 64% 1% $49,682 94%
Chemistry 20 +1 75% / 25% 0% $58,622 56 92%
Geosciences 16 — 44% / 56% 0% $47,395 24 98%
Mathematics 28 +6 68% / 32% 0% $50,409 32 94%
Physics 20 +2 75% / 25% 0% $66,922 72 —
Statistics 15 +4 67% / 33% 13% $82,023 88 100%
Biology 247 +3 40% / 60% 1% $58,414 55 93%
Neuroscience 125 +3 25% / 75% 0% $30,650 3 91%
Economics 33 +1 85% / 15% 3% $72,348 80 100%
Anthropology 101 +3 15% / 85% 2% $45,042 18 96%
Classical Languages 11 — 55% / 45% 0% $51,243 35 —
Deaf Studies 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,469 29 —
English 68 +8 24% / 76% 0% $44,483 16 92%
Foreign Languages 28 +18 32% / 68% 0% $51,649 36 96%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,073 37 94%
Geography 22 +1 59% / 41% 0% $52,073 37 94%
History 69 +1 71% / 29% 0% $43,336 14 95%
Interdisciplinary Studies 56 +10 27% / 73% 0% $48,158 26 86%
International Studies 13 +1 15% / 85% 0% $57,331 52 —
Philosophy 11 +4 55% / 45% 0% $41,933 11 94%
Political Science 175 +20 49% / 51% 1% $55,196 46 95%
Psychology 341 +21 16% / 84% 0% $49,464 29 —
Public Administration 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $56,355 50 —
Religion/Religious Studies 6 +5 67% / 33% 0% $45,654 19 —
Sociology 79 +19 37% / 63% 0% $49,839 31 95%
Sustainability Science 12 +1 8% / 92% 0% $52,992 40 —
Art History 5 +1 20% / 80% 0% $38,246 7 97%
Film Studies 13 +2 31% / 69% 0% $39,729 8 —
Music 44 +2 59% / 41% 2% $38,564 7 95%
Studio Art 37 — 24% / 76% 0% $38,246 7 97%
Theatre 14 — 21% / 79% 0% $35,606 5 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Communication and Information 471 38% / 62% 1% $61,286 96%
Information Sciences 55 — 67% / 33% 2% $88,082 92 —
Advertising 86 — 22% / 78% 1% $62,859 65 98%
Communication Studies 134 — 42% / 58% 1% $57,807 53 95%
Journalism 125 — 43% / 57% 1% $51,252 35 97%
Public Relations 71 — 15% / 85% 0% $62,859 65 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences 750 24% / 76% 0% $58,735 96%
Nutrition 54 — 6% / 94% 0% $53,505 41 96%
Clinical Laboratory Science 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $69,112 76 —
Kinesiology 253 — 30% / 70% 0% $61,292 62 97%
Public Health 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,519 73 96%
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 116 — 3% / 97% 0% $58,160 54 100%
Consumer Science 32 — 6% / 94% 0% $58,779 56 96%
Sport Management 145 — 58% / 42% 1% $61,292 62 97%
Child and Family Studies 76 — 4% / 96% 0% $41,713 11 86%
Education 55 — 5% / 95% 0% $71,739 79 96%
Special Education 14 — 14% / 86% 0% $48,724 27 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 256 6% / 94% 0% $74,229 97%
Nursing 256 — 6% / 94% 0% $74,229 82 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Work 92 4% / 96% 1% $47,083 96%
Social Work 92 — 4% / 96% 1% $47,083 23 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Haslam College of Business 1,713 61% / 39% 1% $76,206 96%
Accounting 144 +4 60% / 40% 1% $85,054 90 98%
Business Analytics 177 +10 71% / 29% 1% $88,397 92 100%
Economics 33 +1 67% / 33% 0% $76,592 84 97%
Finance 305 +6 79% / 21% 1% $78,862 86 94%
Hospitality Management 45 — 9% / 91% 0% $56,614 50 94%
Human Resources Management 32 — 41% / 59% 0% $54,269 44 95%
Management 166 +5 62% / 38% 2% $79,000 86 95%
Marketing 365 +4 36% / 64% 0% $62,427 64 96%
Supply Chain Management 391 +8 69% / 31% 1% $79,000 86 95%
Construction Management 55 — 91% / 9% 0% $90,804 94 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Herbert College of Agriculture 304 41% / 59% 0% $53,296 94%
Animal Science 109 — 19% / 81% 0% $50,966 34 92%
Food Science 14 — 43% / 57% 0% $79,504 87 97%
Forestry 26 — 69% / 31% 0% $56,287 49 100%
Plant Science 31 — 65% / 35% 0% $43,215 14 88%
Soil Chemistry and Physics 21 — 38% / 62% 0% $62,443 64 97%
Wildlife and Fisheries Science 55 — 62% / 38% 0% $50,817 33 100%
Agricultural Business and Management 18 — 67% / 33% 0% $58,574 55 100%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 20 — 15% / 85% 0% $51,673 36 89%
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 10 — 40% / 60% 0% $53,673 42 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Tickle College of Engineering 724 75% / 25% 1% $91,422 96%
Aerospace Engineering 70 — 76% / 24% 0% $85,604 91 94%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 11 — 73% / 27% 0% $83,438 89 100%
Biomedical Engineering 63 — 46% / 54% 0% $93,023 95 88%
Chemical Engineering 74 — 55% / 45% 4% $89,398 93 98%
Civil Engineering 96 — 68% / 32% 0% $81,419 88 97%
Computer Engineering 17 — 94% / 6% 0% $103,717 98 100%
Electrical Engineering 42 — 90% / 10% 0% $99,479 97 98%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 52 — 73% / 27% 0% $84,642 90 96%
Materials Science and Engineering 12 — 50% / 50% 0% $92,082 94 100%
Mechanical Engineering 132 — 86% / 14% 0% $90,860 94 97%
Nuclear Engineering 32 — 75% / 25% 0% $94,044 95 97%
Computer Science 123 — 88% / 12% 4% $101,926 97 96%

Rankings

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Gym Selfie Central
I'm Getting Cancelled in 3, 2, 1... Most Attractive Women
Double Takes

Engineering

Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Roots Run Deep
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Fission Faithful

Life & Natural Sciences

Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Beakers and Bagels

Business & Economics

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Pork Belly Portfolios