The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Overview

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is a public institution located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UT Chattanooga.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 70% of the faculty were full-time.

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UT Chattanooga.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Most Popular Other Philosophy & Religion Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Best Value General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#57	Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#65	Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#75	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#81	Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#82	Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#184	Most Popular English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#196	Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UT Chattanooga has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Health	College Factual
#2	Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering	College Factual
#4	Best Value Colleges for Computational Science	College Factual
#10	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Design & Applied Arts	College Factual
#37	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering	College Factual
#55	Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga?

Contact details for UT Chattanooga are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	615 Mccallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598
Phone:	423-425-4111
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/UTChattanooga
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/UTChattanooga

How Do I Get Into UT Chattanooga?

You can apply to UT Chattanooga online at: https://www.utc.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for UT Chattanooga

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UT Chattanooga?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, UT Chattanooga may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to UT Chattanooga submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

UT Chattanooga received ACT scores from 97% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 28. Math scores were between 19 and 25. Composite scores were between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga?

The overall average net price of UT Chattanooga is $30,064. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UT Chattanooga, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,011 a year. That adds up to $24,044 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UT Chattanooga is 6.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,341 undergraduate students at UT Chattanooga, with 9,234 being full-time and 1,107 being part-time.

There are also 1,387 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,234 full-time undergraduates at UT Chattanooga, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	232
Black or African American	890
Hispanic or Latino	542
White	6,955
International Students	98
Other Races/Ethnicities	517

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at UT Chattanooga. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and India.

Online Learning at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

In 2019-2020, 4,129 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UT Chattanooga has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 28th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UT Chattanooga

The following table shows how UT Chattanooga is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Science	#10	#19
Engineering-Related Fields	#31	#61
Engineering Technologies	#58	#93
Computer & Information Sciences	#72	#120

Online Growth Rankings of UT Chattanooga

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga was 35.6%. This is the #812 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UT Chattanooga regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UT Chattanooga majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences	34%
Computer Science	34%
Educational Administration	46%
Engineering Technologies	18%
Engineering-Related Fields	11%
Health Professions	11%
Nursing	4%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UT Chattanooga ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UT Chattanooga.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Computer Science	#37
Engineering-Related Fields	#43
Engineering Technologies	#116
Educational Administration	#150
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#172
Nursing	#294
Computer & Information Sciences	#323
Education	#459

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	404	3	120	0	527
Health & Physical Education	191	0	0	0	191
General Psychology	155	0	26	0	181
Nursing	123	2	38	16	179
Teacher Education Grade Specific	129	0	26	0	155
Communication & Media Studies	113	0	0	0	113
Criminal Justice & Corrections	103	0	9	0	112
General Biology	103	0	0	0	103
Computer Science	58	0	18	0	76
Mechanical Engineering	70	0	0	0	70
General English Literature	60	0	8	0	68
Engineering-Related Fields	41	1	21	0	63
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	58	58
Natural Resources Conservation	38	0	17	0	55
Fine & Studio Arts	55	0	0	0	55
Political Science & Government	48	0	0	0	48
Electrical Engineering	42	2	0	0	44
Civil Engineering	41	0	0	0	41
Other Social Sciences	33	0	0	0	33
Social Work	21	0	11	0	32
Educational Administration	0	5	11	10	26
General Engineering	3	0	22	0	25
Chemical Engineering	23	0	0	0	23
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	22	0	0	0	22
Student Counseling	0	0	21	0	21
History	21	0	0	0	21
Accounting	9	0	11	0	20
Chemistry	20	0	0	0	20
Liberal Arts General Studies	18	0	0	0	18
Allied Health Professions	0	0	17	0	17
Mathematics	13	0	3	0	16
Public Health	0	0	15	0	15
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	15	0	0	0	15
Design & Applied Arts	9	0	4	0	13
Public Administration	0	0	12	0	12
Drama & Theater Arts	10	0	0	0	10
Music	10	0	0	0	10
Legal Support Services	9	0	0	0	9
Marketing	8	0	0	0	8
Interdisciplinary Studies	8	0	0	0	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	7	0	0	0	7
Special Education	1	0	5	0	6
Computer Engineering	6	0	0	0	6
Finance & Financial Management	5	0	0	0	5
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	5	0	0	0	5
Economics	4	0	0	0	4
Human Resource Management	3	0	0	0	3
Physics	3	0	0	0	3
Educational Assessment	0	2	0	0	2
Computational Science	0	0	0	2	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	0	0	1
Systems Engineering	0	0	0	1	1
Historic Preservation	0	1	0	0	1
Other Public Administration	0	1	0	0	1
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,061	17	415	87	2,580

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.