The University Of Tennessee

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of Tennessee, or UT, is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is a co-educational, public, research-extensive university established in 1794 as Blount College.

In 1807, the school was renamed East Tennessee College. It was subsequently raised to university status in 1840 and renamed East Tennessee University. In 1879, the university received its current name.

UT Knoxville, a land-grant university since 1869, is part of the University of Tennessee System, a statewide institution governed by a 26-member Board of Trustees appointed by the governor of Tennessee.

The main Knoxville campus stretches over 550 miles. There also four other campuses--Memphis, Martin, Tullahoma, and Chattanooga.

The main part of UT's old campus, named "The Hill," still stands on a rising bank above the north shore of the Tennessee River.

U.S. News and World Report ranked UT Knoxville as No. 52 among all public universities and No. 106 among all national universities for 2010. The national universities group includes 262 American universities that offer the comprehensive bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees.

The magazine also ranked UT graduate programs among the best in the nation for 2010--with the supply chain management and logistics program ranked ninth among all national universities. The College of Law's clinical training program is 15th nationally, and the College of Engineering's graduate program in nuclear engineering is ranked 12t.

The student population of the University of Tennessee is greatly diversified. The university is also home to over 30 fraternities and sororities.

The sports teams of the University of Tennessee are known as the Volunteers, and the official mascot is a Bluetick Coonhound named Smokey IX. the University of Tennessee fields twenty men's and women's varsity intercollegiate teams and is home to more than 500 student-athletes. The Vols and Lady Vols compete as members of the Southeastern Conference

Among UT's famous alumni are Howard Baker, Jr., former Minority and Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; Samuel E. Beall, III, founder of Ruby Tuesday restaurants; Deanna Kay Carter, Country singer; John Cullum, Tony Award-winning actor; Mark Dean, developed the technology that launched the PC; Phillip Fulmer, head coach of Tennessee Volunteers football team; Henry Hartsfield, Jr., NASA astronaut; Todd Helton, two-time All-American baseball player; Joseph Wood Krutch, drama critic, author; John T. Majors, football All-American; Cormac McCarthy, novelist; Dave Ramsey, host of nationally syndicated show; Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt; Ann Tanner Taylor, newscaster for National Public Radio; and John Noble Wilford, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, science correspondent for the New York Times.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in medicine, therapy and counseling, media, nutrition and exercise therapy, family and social work, and mathematics.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

The University Of Tennessee participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 93% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 30,410 in 2009-2010 (31,295 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 71% of enrolled students and graduate students are 29%.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

The University Of Tennessee provides on-campus housing for 7,522 of its 31,295 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southeastern Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 107 male students received the aid (men were 53% of those receiving aid) and 94 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 47% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The University Of Tennessee offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

(19 awarded)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (54 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (73 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (63 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,092 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (68 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (66 awarded)

• Forestry
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DESIGN (17 awarded)

• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (25 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (343 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Special Education and Teaching
• Technical Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (535 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Physics
• Engineering Science
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Polymer/Plastics Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (478 awarded)

• Consumer Economics
• Family Systems
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (69 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

HOSPITALITY (31 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management
• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (51 awarded)

• Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
• Plant Sciences

LAW (138 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (993 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (118 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Systems Science and Theory

MEDIA (441 awarded)

• Advertising
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (25 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Medical Informatics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (139 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (515 awarded)

• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Gerontology
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

MUSIC (77 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (323 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (287 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (26 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (36 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (339 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Animal Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Epidemiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (569 awarded)

• Educational Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology