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East Tennessee Colleges & Universities Ranked According to Total 2020 Fall Enrollment1

Rank '21	'20	Institution	Phone Website Headcount	FT enrollment Undergraduate Graduate	PT enrollment Undergraduate Graduate	Annual budget Endowmts. - general Endowmts. - scholarship	In-state tuition (hour)2 In-state tuition (FT, per sem.)2 Room & board (per sem.)	Top administrator Year founded
1	1	University of Tennessee 305 Student Services Building Knoxville, TN 37996	865-974-1000 utk.edu 30,559	26,731 22,914 3,817	3,828 1,340 2,488	NA NA NA	$378 $5,666 NA	Randy Boyd President 1794
2	2	East Tennessee State University3 1276 Gilbreath Drive Johnson City, TN 37614	423-439-4213 etsu.edu 13,140	13,1404 10,7054 2,4354	NA NA NA	NA NA NA	$422 $4,572 NA	Brian Noland President 1911
3	3	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37403	423-425-4111 utc.edu 11,728	9,974 9,234 740	1,754 1,107 647	NA NA NA	$294 $3,530 $5,080	Dr. Steve Angle Chancellor 1886
4	6	South College 3904 Lonas Road Knoxville, TN 37909	865-251-1800 south.edu 5,985	5,245 4,140 1,105	740 727 13	NA NA NA	NA NA NA	Stephen A. South Dr. Kim Hall Bradley A. Adams Chancellor Vice chancellor5 COO, CFO 1882
5	5	Lee University 1120 N. Ocoee St. Cleveland, TN 37311	423-614-8000 leeuniversity.edu 5,204	3,661 3,459 202	1,543 1,211 332	$99,140,927 $5,343,819 $21,582,170	$785 $9,420 $4,130	Dr. Mark Walker Dr. C. Paul Conn Presidents 1918
6	4	Lincoln Memorial University 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway Harrogate, TN 37752	423-869-3611 lmunet.edu 4,885	4,011 1,305 2,706	874 512 362	NA NA NA	$895 $10,750 $4,000	Dr. E. Clayton Hess President 1897
7	7	Southern Adventist University6 4881 Taylor Circle Collegedale, TN 37315	800-768-8437 southern.edu 2,942	2,352 2,139 213	590 392 198	NA NA NA	NA $10,550 $3,470	Dr. David Smith President 1892
8	8	Carson-Newman University 1646 Russell Ave. Jefferson City, TN 37760	865-471-2000 cn.edu 2,911	1,779 1,592 187	1,132 130 1,002	$44,500,000 $10,000,000 $36,000,000	$1,175 $14,100 $4,075	Dr. Charles A. Fowler President 1851
9	9	King University 1350 King College Road Bristol, TN 37620	800-362-0014 king.edu 1,746	1,513 1,252 261	233 193 50	$29,684,000 $14,841,378 $22,262,067	NA $15,053 $4,693	Alexander W. Whitaker IV J.D., President 1867
10	10	Tusculum University 60 Shiloh Road Greeneville, TN 37745	423-636-7300 tusculum.edu 1,664	1,315 1,090 225	349 263 86	NA NA NA	$7687 $12,6758 $4,7259	Dr. Scott Hummel President 1794
11	11	Bryan College 721 Bryan Drive Dayton, TN 37321	423-775-2041 bryan.edu 1,427	839 644 195	588 566 22	NA NA NA	$760 $8,450 $3,900	Dr. Douglas F Mann Dr. Stephen D. Livesay Presidents 1930
12	12	Milligan University P.O. Box 500 (1 Blowers Blvd.) Milligan, TN 37682	423-461-8700 milligan.edu 1,347	1,064 772 292	283 141 142	NA NA NA	$930 $17,075 $3,700	Dr. Bill Greer President 1866
13	13	Johnson University 7900 Johnson Drive Knoxville, TN 37998	865-573-4517 johnsonu.edu 1,248	890 754 136	358 167 191	$32 $51 $41	$700 $8,200 $3,540	Dr. L. Thomas Smith Jr. President 1893
14	15	Tennessee Wesleyan University 204 East College St. Athens, TN 37303	423-745-7504 tnwesleyan.edu 1,168	1,024 947 77	144 109 35	$19,400,000 $11,500,000 NA	$620 $12,670 $4,200	Dr. Harley Knowles President 1857
15	14	Maryville College 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804	865-981-8000 maryvillecollege.edu 1,072	985 985 NA	87 87 NA	$37,773,823 $98,112,38810 NA11	$91212 $17,72412 $6,00212	Dr. Bryan F. Coker President 1819

1 Headcount; 2 Does not include fees; 3 Enrollment and tuition information based on ETSU's Fact Book; 4 Full-time and part-time enrollment data combined; 5 Institutional advancement; 6 Source declined to participate. Information from previous survey; 7 Traditional undergraduate program; $350 for adult and online undergraduate programs; 8 Traditional undergraduate program; 9 Dependent on housing type; 10 As of May 31, 2020; 11 Included in general endowments amount; 12 Fall 2019
Source: Individual college/university representatives, websites, and fact books. NA=not applicable or not available. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Hayley Choy at 865-342-6494 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.

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