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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Overview

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The location of UT Knoxville is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Known For?

5,293 Undergraduate Awards
$38,663 Avg Cost After Aid
78% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at UT Knoxville have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The highest award offered at UT Knoxville is the doctor's degree.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 87% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UT Knoxville makes roughly $45,100 a year. This is 11% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Rankings

Out of the 50 colleges in Tennessee, UT Knoxville is ranked at #5.

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 Knoxville.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Most Popular Soil Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#11 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#43 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#69 Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#75 Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#96 Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#123 Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Soil Chemistry & Physics Schools College Factual
#69 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools College Factual
#108 Best Business Administration & Management Schools College Factual
#117 Best Accounting Schools College Factual
#184 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual
#296 Best Business Schools Business Degree Central

Where Is The University of Tennessee - Knoxville?

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Contact details for UT Knoxville are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-1000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTKnoxville
Twitter: http://twitter.com/UTKnoxville

How Do I Get Into UT Knoxville?

You can apply to UT Knoxville online at: vip.utk.edu/

Admission Requirements for UT Knoxville

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UT Knoxville?

78% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
24% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 78%, UT Knoxville 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 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to UT Knoxville submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 650. Math scores were between 560 and 653.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 580 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 560 to 653 )
200
800
UT Knoxville received ACT scores from 86% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 23 and 29. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

ACT English Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 24 to 33 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 23 to 29 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 25 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford The University of Tennessee - Knoxville?

$38,663 Net Price
39% Take Out Loans
4.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of UT Knoxville is $38,663. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UT Knoxville, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $8,369 a year. That adds up to $33,476 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UT Knoxville is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Undergraduate Student Diversity

22,914 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 24,254 undergraduate students at UT Knoxville, with 22,914 being full-time and 1,340 being part-time.

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There are also 6,305 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,914 full-time undergraduates at UT Knoxville, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 916
Black or African American 1,291
Hispanic or Latino 1,138
White 18,020
International Students 205
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,344

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at UT Knoxville. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

6,845 Took All Classes Online
12,497 Took At Least One Class Online
141.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 12,497 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 7th 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 Knoxville

The following table shows how UT Knoxville 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
Nuclear Engineering #10 #13
Agricultural Public Services #11 #11
Environmental Engineering #16 #16
Other Engineering #27 #27
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations #28 #34
Mathematics #37 #40
Civil Engineering #43 #46
Industrial Engineering #46 #52
Mathematics & Statistics #52 #55
Mechanical Engineering #61 #52
Social Work #61 #76
Computer Engineering #64 #70

Online Growth Rankings of UT Knoxville

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville was 141.5%. This is the #346 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UT Knoxville regardless of major.

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 - Knoxville 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 417 0 208 5 630
Health & Physical Education 413 0 57 11 481
Social Work 36 43 243 25 347
General Psychology 294 0 14 16 324
Nursing 252 13 21 12 298
Accounting 156 0 103 0 259
Finance & Financial Management 252 0 0 0 252
General Biology 226 0 0 0 226
Mechanical Engineering 191 0 22 12 225
Marketing 211 0 0 0 211
Political Science & Government 164 0 1 5 170
Communication & Media Studies 135 0 22 6 163
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 117 0 38 3 158
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 146 1 0 0 147
Civil Engineering 93 0 29 14 136
Computer Science 92 0 21 8 121
General English Literature 98 0 13 9 120
Law 0 0 0 118 118
Animal Science 113 0 3 1 117
Human Development & Family Studies 82 3 29 2 116
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 115 0 115
Public Relations & Advertising 114 0 0 0 114
Library & Information Science 0 1 100 0 101
Industrial Engineering 49 0 39 9 97
Electrical Engineering 49 2 25 18 94
Nuclear Engineering 43 5 29 16 93
Sociology 83 0 6 4 93
History 75 0 7 7 89
Chemical Engineering 74 0 1 7 82
Journalism 81 0 0 0 81
Communication Sciences 78 0 0 0 78
Music 34 11 31 0 76
Mathematics 38 0 17 16 71
Anthropology 57 2 5 7 71
Materials Engineering 31 0 18 18 67
General Architecture 53 0 13 0 66
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 64 0 0 2 66
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 16 36 13 65
Physics 28 0 13 19 60
Fine & Studio Arts 51 0 9 0 60
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 58 0 0 0 58
Human Resource Management 28 0 29 0 57
General Education 0 0 29 28 57
Child Development & Psychology 23 0 14 16 53
Chemistry 27 0 5 17 49
Plant Sciences 32 0 12 4 48
Nutrition Science 34 0 11 3 48
Biomedical Engineering 37 0 10 0 47
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 28 0 14 1 43
Economics 39 0 3 0 42
Geological & Earth Sciences 33 0 4 4 41
Agricultural Public Services 14 0 26 0 40
Soil Sciences 35 0 4 0 39
Business/Managerial Economics 34 0 0 4 38
Hospitality Management 36 0 0 2 38
Interior Architecture 37 0 0 0 37
Wildlife Management 30 0 6 0 36
Statistics 15 0 17 0 32
Geography & Cartography 22 0 5 5 32
Computer Engineering 14 0 10 4 28
Other Engineering 0 1 6 21 28
Food Science Technology 19 0 5 3 27
Special Education 26 0 0 0 26
Family & Consumer Economics 26 0 0 0 26
Agricultural Economics & Business 17 0 8 0 25
Construction Management 22 0 0 0 22
Student Counseling 0 0 18 4 22
Philosophy 20 0 2 0 22
Educational Administration 0 5 10 6 21
Public Health 0 3 16 2 21
Forestry 17 0 4 0 21
Drama & Theater Arts 14 0 6 0 20
Design & Applied Arts 18 0 0 0 18
Other Health Professions 0 0 5 10 15
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 4 10 14
Landscape Architecture 0 0 12 0 12
Public Policy 0 2 9 0 11
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 2 8 10
Agricultural Engineering 8 0 1 1 10
Environmental Engineering 0 0 10 0 10
Public Administration 9 0 0 0 9
General Agriculture 0 0 0 8 8
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 4 4 8
Classical Languages & Literature 8 0 0 0 8
Religious Studies 7 0 0 0 7
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 3 3 6
Gerontology 0 6 0 0 6
Natural Resource Management 6 0 0 0 6
Writing Studies 0 0 5 0 5
Romance Languages 0 0 5 0 5
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 5 0 0 0 5
Sustainability Science 5 0 0 0 5
Instructional Media Design 0 4 0 0 4
Germanic Languages 0 0 3 0 3
Systems Theory 0 0 0 3 3
Engineering Science 0 0 1 1 2
Area Studies 0 2 0 0 2
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 2 2
Ethnic Studies 0 1 0 0 1
Legal Research 0 1 0 0 1
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 1 0 0 1
Other Agriculture 0 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0
Communication & Journalism (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0 0
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0
Other Education 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering Physics 0 0 0 0 0
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
English Literature (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 0 0
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Other Statistics 0 0 0 0 0
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 0 0
Fire Protection 0 0 0 0 0
Other Homeland Security 0 0 0 0 0
Other Psychology 0 0 0 0 0
Physical Science Technicians 0 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Other Visual Art 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 5,293 123 1,626 557 7,599

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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