One System, Five Campuses Across Tennessee
From east to middle to west Tennessee, everywhere you look, UT.
Within the statewide University of Tennessee System, there’s a campus to meet the needs and dreams of every student and scholarships to ensure the affordability of a UT degree for every family.
Nearly half of UT students graduate debt free, thanks in part to UT Promise—a scholarship covering the last-dollar amount of tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying students with a household income below $75,000 a year.
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UT Promise Scholarship: Free Tuition and Mandatory Fees
UT Promise is an undergraduate scholarship program guaranteeing free tuition and mandatory fees for qualifying Tennessee residents attending all UT campuses.
UT Knoxville
Academic Performance and Profile
Average GPA
4.17
Average ACT
Composite Scores
27.8
Applicants Admitted
42%
Total Enrollment
38,728
Located in east Tennessee and just a short trolley ride from downtown Knoxville, UT’s flagship campus is a university on the rise. The campus buzzes with energy, pride and more than 38,000 students from around the world.
UT Knoxville draws students with green space, nearby lakes and vistas of the Great Smoky Mountains—home to America’s most-visited national park. Beyond its natural beauty, the campus offers state-of-the-art spaces for living and learning that foster collaboration and community. UT Knoxville, which includes the UT Institute of Agriculture and UT Space Institute, also is recognized for its commitment to outreach, discovery and innovation. As Tennessee’s premier public research institution and co-manager of Oak Ridge National Laboratory—the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and energy lab—students have unparalleled access to some of the world’s greatest scientific minds and facilities.
From its more than 225-year history to 17 degree-granting colleges and schools and more than 900 undergraduate and graduate programs of study, UT Knoxville offers an educational experience that positions students for life-long success.
UT Knoxville Guaranteed Admission
- Achieve a calculated UT Core GPA of 4.0 or higher or finish in the top 10% of their high school class; and
- Have an ACT Composite Score of 24 or higher (or equivalent SAT score) with both a 19+ Math ACT sub score and 19+ English ACT sub score
- All applicants, regardless of GPA, must submit ACT or SAT test scores.
- GPA and class rank will be determined based on applicants’ sixth semester transcript, following the completion of their junior year.
- Guaranteed admission ensures the applicant will be accepted to the UT campus they applied to if they meet the eligibility requirements above, but it doesn’t guarantee entry into a specific college, department or program.
Nearly 57% of UT Knoxville students graduate debt free
College Tuition Costs
| In-State Tuition and Fees | $13,812 |
| Housing and Meals | $13,356 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,598 |
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92% of UT Knoxville students receive financial aid and scholarships
Campus Life and Academic Resources
450+ Student Organizations
91.9% Freshman Retention Rate
298 Degree Offerings
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UT Chattanooga
Academic Performance and Profile
Average GPA
3.6
Average ACT
Composite Scores
23.1
Applicants Admitted
81%
Total Enrollment
11,834
Located in southeast Tennessee, UT Chattanooga is in the heart of downtown Chattanooga and is home to more than 11,800 students representing all areas of the globe.
UT Chattanooga offers an affordable education powered by hands-on learning in a city full of possibilities. Students gain real-world skills in class, through internships and with community partners—all guided by expert faculty. Located in a city known for its lively downtown, eclectic culture and outdoor adventures, UT Chattanooga creates the ideal setting for personal and professional growth.
Through its four academic colleges and graduate school, UT Chattanooga offers 48 bachelor’s degrees with 118 program concentrations, 25 graduate certificate programs, 23 master’s degree programs with 49 program concentrations, an education specialist program with three program concentrations and six doctoral degrees with 11 program concentrations.
UT Chattanooga Guaranteed Admission
Tennessee high school students who apply by early action deadlines and meet the following criteria will be offered guaranteed admission to UT Chattanooga:
- Achieve a 3.2 cumulative GPA or higher or finish in the top 10% of their high school class; and
- Have an ACT Composite Score of 23 or higher (or equivalent SAT score)
- All applicants, regardless of GPA, must submit ACT or SAT test scores.
- GPA and class rank will be determined based on applicants’ sixth semester transcript, following the completion of their junior year.
- Guaranteed admission ensures the applicant will be accepted to the UT campus they applied to if they meet the eligibility requirements above, but it doesn’t guarantee entry into a specific college, department or program.
Nearly 50% of UT Chattanooga students graduate debt free
College Tuition Costs
| In-State Tuition and Fees (New In-State Freshmen & Transfer students) | $10,448 |
| Housing and Meals | $12,604 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,400 |
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91% of full-time, first-time freshmen at UT Chattanooga receive financial aid and scholarships
Campus Life and Academic Resources
120+ Student Organizations
71.9% Freshman Retention Rate
100+ Degree Offerings
UT Southern
Academic Performance and Profile
Average GPA
3.54
Average ACT
Composite Scores
21.3
Applicants Admitted
86.7%
Total Enrollment
1,046
Nestled in the heart of southern middle Tennessee, UT Southern, located approximately 70 miles south of Nashville and 40 miles north of Huntsville, Alabama, embodies a place where the community becomes family, where learning transforms into action and where opportunities abound. As the only public four-year institution of higher education between Chattanooga and Memphis, situated along Tennessee’s southern border, UT Southern currently enrolls more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Offering a distinct educational experience that combines the warmth of a close-knit community in Pulaski with affordable, high-quality education and values low student-teacher ratios and emphasizes personalized classroom interactions. We proudly offer nearly 40 academic programs across various divisions, including business, education, humanities, mathematics and sciences, nursing and social sciences.
Discover your potential and ignite your future at UT Southern–the place where education transcends learning and opens doors to endless possibilities.
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UT Southern Guaranteed Admission
Tennessee high school students who apply by early action deadlines and meet the following criteria will be offered guaranteed admission to UT Southern:
- Achieve a 3.2 cumulative GPA or higher or finish in the top 10% of their high school class; and
- Have an ACT Composite Score of 23 or higher (or equivalent SAT score)
- All applicants, regardless of GPA, must submit ACT or SAT test scores.
- GPA and class rank will be determined based on applicants’ sixth semester transcript, following the completion of their junior year.
- Guaranteed admission ensures the applicant will be accepted to the UT campus they applied to if they meet the eligibility requirements above, but it doesn’t guarantee entry into a specific college, department or program.
More than 42% of UT Southern students
graduate debt free
College Tuition Costs
| In-State Tuition and Fees | $10,924 |
| Housing and Meals | $8,300 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 |
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95% of UT Southern students receive
some form of financial aid, with the average overall aid awarded per student being $6,800.
Campus Life and Academic Resources
18 Student Organizations
77.2% Freshman Retention Rate
29 Degree Offerings
UT Martin
Academic Performance and Profile
Average GPA
3.62
Average ACT
Composite Scores
22.2
Applicants Admitted
88.2%
Total Enrollment
7,507
Located in rural Northwest Tennessee, UT Martin is showing its 7,500 students that the “Sky’s the Limit” through its main campus, regional centers and online programs.
UT Martin is a primary regional campus in the UT System offering bachelor’s degrees, majors, concentrations and options in more than 150 specialized fields as well as eight graduate degrees. In addition to the main campus, the university has six regional centers in Jackson, Parsons, Selmer, Ripley, Somerville and Springfield. UT Martin Online offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, including the online bachelor of interdisciplinary studies degree for working adults.
Focused on providing access to higher education, UT Martin has more off-campus centers than any public four-year university in the state and is the UT System’s largest provider of online education. In addition, UT Martin has created partnerships with other UT campuses to provide roadmaps to professional degree programs, such as law and veterinary medicine at UT Knoxville and pharmacy at the UT Health Science Center in Memphis.
UT Martin is ranked #8 among Top Public Schools – Regional Universities (South) by U.S. News & World Report and as a “Best Southeastern University” by The Princeton Review. Dreams really do take flight at UT Martin.
UT Martin Guaranteed Admission
Tennessee high school students who apply by early action deadlines and meet the following criteria will be offered guaranteed admission to UT Martin:
- Achieve a 3.2 cumulative GPA or higher or finish in the top 10% of their high school class; and
- Have an ACT Composite Score of 23 or higher (or equivalent SAT score)
- All applicants, regardless of GPA, must submit ACT or SAT test scores.
- GPA and class rank will be determined based on applicants’ sixth semester transcript, following the completion of their junior year.
- Guaranteed admission ensures the applicant will be accepted to the UT campus they applied to if they meet the eligibility requirements above, but it doesn’t guarantee entry into a specific college, department or program.
More than 45% of UT Martin students graduate debt free
College Tuition Costs
| In-State Tuition and Fees | $10,560 |
| Housing and Meals | $9,195 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,500 |
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90% of degree-seeking undergraduate students at UT Martin receive financial aid
Campus Life and Academic Resources
150+ Student Organizations
77% Freshman Retention Rate
47 Degree Offerings
UT Health Science Center
Located in southwest Tennessee and little more than a mile from Memphis’ famous Beale Street, the UT Health Science Center educates and trains a majority of the state’s health care providers, as it pursues its vision: Healthy Tennesseans. Thriving Communities.
More than 3,100 students are enrolled at UT Health Science Center, which includes six colleges—Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Beyond its main campus in Memphis, UT Health Science Center has campuses in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville in partnership with major hospitals in those cities. Additionally, UT Health Science Center has College of Pharmacy campuses in Nashville and Knoxville; the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology in Knoxville; dentistry clinics in Bristol, Jackson, Union City, Crossville, and Kingsport with more in development, and almost 900 educational and clinical training sites across the state.
UT Health Science Center boasts a 91.8 percent first-time board pass rate and is dedicated to supporting students’ physical and emotional health and wellbeing. The clinical partnerships with partner teaching hospitals across the state offer students, residents, and fellows the opportunity to see and learn from the best and assist in providing care from one end of the state to the other. Also a primary focus are the UT Health Science Center’s basic science and translational research efforts.
The UT Health Science Center is Tennessee’s driver of collaborative and inclusive health care education, research and scholarship, clinical patient care, and public service.
52% of UT Health Science Center undergraduate students graduate debt free
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25% of UT Health Science Center graduate/professional program graduates finish without debt
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