Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Knoxville, TN
Population 700,000
Map of the United States

Weather

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

Honors College

Name University Honors
Students 2,000 (7%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,386
Men / Women 47% / 53%
From State 64%
From Region 11%
Athletes 2.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 78%
Hispanic 7%
Mixed 5%
Asian 4%
Black 4%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture and Design 152 30% / 70% 1% $67,525 72 100%
Architecture $69,909 76 97%
Architecture and Design Technology 87 46% / 54% 1% $68,031 73
Graphic Design 15 33% / 67% 0% $60,327 58 100%
Interior Architecture 50 2% / 98% 0% $68,806 74 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 1,714 34% / 66% 1% $53,618 39 94%
Chemistry 28 43% / 57% 0% $63,181 64 92%
Geosciences 27 +1 44% / 56% 0% $51,081 31 98%
Mathematics 26 +4 46% / 54% 8% $54,329 41 94%
Physics 16 +1 81% / 19% 6% $74,620 81
Statistics 18 +2 61% / 39% 0% $88,402 92 100%
Biology 266 +1 38% / 62% 0% $62,957 64 93%
Neuroscience 138 +3 31% / 69% 2% $33,034 3 91%
Economics 15 +2 73% / 27% 0% $77,974 84 100%
Anthropology 95 +3 16% / 84% 0% $48,545 24 96%
Classical Languages 7 +4 14% / 86% 0% $56,654 48
Deaf Studies 8 0% / 100% 0% $52,393 35
English 88 +8 24% / 76% 0% $47,942 22 92%
Foreign Languages 28 +14 32% / 68% 0% $55,666 45 96%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 3 67% / 33% 0% $56,123 46 94%
Geography 21 +3 52% / 48% 0% $56,123 46 94%
History 66 +6 71% / 29% 0% $46,706 19 95%
Interdisciplinary Studies 65 +13 29% / 71% 2% $51,903 34 86%
International Studies 11 +5 9% / 91% 0% $63,176 64
Philosophy 15 +3 67% / 33% 0% $45,194 16 94%
Political Science 172 +14 45% / 55% 1% $59,488 56 95%
Psychology 365 +30 21% / 79% 1% $55,113 44
Public Administration 12 67% / 33% 0% $61,367 60
Religion/Religious Studies 5 +3 40% / 60% 0% $49,534 27
Sociology 82 +17 20% / 80% 0% $53,715 39 95%
Sustainability Science 20 0% / 100% 0% $57,955 52
Art History 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $41,220 10 97%
Film Studies 20 +4 55% / 45% 0% $42,162 11
Music 41 +1 66% / 34% 5% $41,563 10 95%
Studio Art 36 +2 11% / 89% 0% $41,220 10 97%
Theatre 18 +1 39% / 61% 0% $38,375 7 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Communication and Information 499 38% / 62% 0% $66,734 71 96%
Information Sciences 75 64% / 36% 1% $91,526 93
Advertising 86 33% / 67% 0% $67,747 72 98%
Communication Studies 124 41% / 59% 1% $62,302 62 95%
Journalism 129 43% / 57% 0% $55,238 44 97%
Public Relations 85 7% / 93% 0% $67,747 72 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences 897 23% / 77% 1% $65,110 68 96%
Nutrition 47 2% / 98% 0% $57,666 51 96%
Clinical Laboratory Science 7 14% / 86% 14% $79,647 86
Kinesiology 296 28% / 72% 0% $66,058 70 97%
Public Health 20 15% / 85% 0% $72,770 79 96%
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences 94 1% / 99% 2% $62,683 63 100%
Consumer Science 35 20% / 80% 0% $63,350 64 96%
Sport Management 198 49% / 51% 2% $66,058 70 97%
Child and Family Studies 65 3% / 97% 0% $44,957 15 86%
Education 118 8% / 92% 0% $77,318 84 96%
Special Education 17 6% / 94% 0% $52,513 36 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 333 11% / 89% 1% $80,002 86 97%
Nursing 333 11% / 89% 1% $80,002 86 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Work 82 12% / 88% 0% $50,744 30 96%
Social Work 82 12% / 88% 0% $50,744 30 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Haslam College of Business 2,053 56% / 44% 1% $81,760 87 96%
Accounting 191 +8 64% / 36% 3% $91,668 93 98%
Business Analytics 175 +7 58% / 42% 1% $95,271 95 100%
Economics 45 +3 64% / 36% 0% $82,548 88 97%
Finance 353 +8 73% / 27% 0% $84,995 89 94%
Hospitality Management 43 12% / 88% 2% $61,017 59 94%
Human Resources Management 38 +1 16% / 84% 0% $58,489 53 95%
Management 245 +3 59% / 41% 0% $85,144 90 95%
Marketing 479 +12 30% / 70% 0% $67,282 72 96%
Supply Chain Management 419 +14 68% / 32% 0% $85,144 90 95%
Construction Management 65 89% / 11% 0% $97,608 96
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Herbert College of Agriculture 313 34% / 66% 0% $57,507 50 94%
Agricultural Business and Management 28 61% / 39% 0% $63,129 64 100%
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 25 20% / 80% 0% $55,691 45 90%
Animal Science 104 15% / 85% 0% $54,929 43 92%
Food Science 16 44% / 56% 0% $85,687 90 97%
Forestry 26 58% / 42% 0% $60,664 58 100%
Plant Science 40 42% / 57% 0% $46,576 19 88%
Soil Chemistry and Physics 19 32% / 68% 0% $67,299 72 97%
Wildlife and Fisheries Science 49 41% / 59% 0% $54,769 43 100%
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics 6 33% / 67% 0% $58,951 54
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Tickle College of Engineering 734 73% / 27% 2% $98,871 96 96%
Aerospace Engineering 56 80% / 20% 2% $92,261 94 94%
Biomedical Engineering 61 43% / 57% 2% $100,257 97 88%
Chemical Engineering 45 44% / 56% 4% $96,350 95 98%
Civil Engineering 84 70% / 30% 0% $87,751 91 97%
Computer Engineering 20 85% / 15% 0% $111,783 99 100%
Electrical Engineering 37 89% / 11% 3% $107,215 98 98%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 63 59% / 41% 2% $91,224 93 96%
Materials Science and Engineering 9 56% / 44% 0% $99,243 96 100%
Mechanical Engineering 185 83% / 17% 1% $97,926 96 97%
Nuclear Engineering 39 82% / 18% 0% $101,357 97 97%
Computer Science 127 80% / 20% 4% $109,852 98 96%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 8 75% / 25% 0% $89,927 93 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,511
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $35,380
Est. In-State Cost $18,771
Est. Out-of-State Cost $45,768
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

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

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).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 34.3% 2,322 53% / 47% 1% $79,157 85 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 22.9% 1,554 28% / 72% 0% $54,906 43 94%
Health Sciences 11.1% 750 16% / 84% 1% $72,132 79 97%
Engineering 8.8% 599 71% / 29% 1% $96,663 96 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.0% 404 36% / 64% 1% $52,736 36 92%
Agriculture & Food Science 5.3% 362 30% / 70% 0% $58,221 52 95%
Arts 4.0% 269 35% / 65% 1% $56,016 46 98%
Computer Science 3.0% 202 74% / 26% 3% $103,048 97 96%
Education 2.0% 135 8% / 92% 0% $74,194 81 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.7% 115 52% / 48% 3% $63,878 65 96%
Professional 1.0% 65 89% / 11% 0% $97,608 96

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $128M #35 62% $4.6M 116 #26 730 55
Agriculture & Food Science $82.8M #29 38% $3.1M 23 #27 117 26
Physical Sciences & Math $37.5M #88 59% $0.0M 40 #76 467 51
Humanities & Social Sciences $33.8M #64 16% $0.0M 87 #51 251 2
Life & Natural Sciences $32.6M #100 57% $0.4M 24 #93 250 21
Business & Economics $17.2M #36 4% $0 15 #90 27
Health Sciences $8.6M #143 40% $0.2M 75 #20 84 3
Education $5.5M #93 46% $0 36 #106
Computer Science $4.1M #147 48% $0.0M 10 #100 56
Total $350M #85 47% $8.4M 426 #47 1,982 158

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

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

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 48% 48% 48%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1200 – 1370
SAT Math Range 600 – 690
SAT RW Range 600 – 680