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Colleges in Tennessee

All 144 colleges, community colleges and trade schools in Tennessee that are currently approved for federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education. A complete list, not a ranking.

Schools144
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College Scorecard data, Most Recent Institution-Level file (release of 15 Oct 2026)U.S. Department of Education
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Currently operating Title IV schools (CURROPER = 1). Cost = average annual cost of attendance (COSTT4_A, or COSTT4_P for program-year schools), net price = NPT4_PUB / NPT4_PRIV, both 2024-25; completion = C150_4 (four-year schools, fall 2019 cohort) or C150_L4 (fall 2022 cohort), within 150% of normal time.

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4-year · 2-year · under 262 · 48 · 34Level of institution
Public · nonprofit · for-profit47 · 47 · 50Control
Award doctorates30In 2023-24, any field

Every school in Tennessee

Cost is the average yearly cost of attendance (tuition, fees, books and living costs) before aid; net price is that cost minus the average grant and scholarship aid. Both are for full-time first-year students who get federal aid. Completion is the share who finished within 150% of normal time.

144 schools

SchoolCityTypeCost a yearNet priceCompletion
TCAT AthensAthens2-year · Public$13,742$7,16169%
Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens4-year · Private nonprofit$40,873$14,96549%
Gould's AcademyBartlettUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$22,358$15,88186%
Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville2-year · Public$14,782$5,85935%
Empire Beauty School-NashvilleBrentwoodUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$20,414$15,11569%
King UniversityBristol4-year · Private nonprofit$49,948$22,41644%
Academy of Allied Health CareersChattanoogaUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$19,888$14,03453%
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical CareersChattanooga4-year · Private for-profit$39,451$34,76859%
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga2-year · Public$14,072$5,28629%
Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga4-year · Private for-profit$31,140$24,81451%
Richmont Graduate UniversityChattanooga4-year · Private nonprofit———
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga4-year · Public$26,951$15,02656%
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville4-year · Public$21,696$9,04942%
Austin's Beauty College IncClarksvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$17,493$10,20071%
Herzing University-ClarksvilleClarksville4-year · Private nonprofit———
North Central InstituteClarksville2-year · Private for-profit$33,203$26,68394%
Brillare Beauty InstituteClevelandUnder 2-year · Private nonprofit$22,350$19,27071%
Cleveland State Community CollegeCleveland2-year · Public$19,037$10,50333%
Jersey College - ClevelandCleveland2-year · Private for-profit———
Lee UniversityCleveland4-year · Private nonprofit$38,042$21,03462%
Pentecostal Theological SeminaryCleveland4-year · Private nonprofit———
Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale4-year · Private nonprofit$41,335$25,97956%
Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia2-year · Public$15,604$6,79336%
Fortis Institute-CookevilleCookeville2-year · Private for-profit$34,507$26,49342%
Genesis Career College-CookevilleCookevilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$15,390$12,14663%
Mr Wayne's School of Unisex Hair DesignCookevilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$24,150$19,18281%
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville4-year · Public$29,486$16,83056%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper CumberlandCrossville2-year · Public$17,696$12,57591%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology CrumpCrump2-year · Public$9,689$3,55775%
Bryan College-DaytonDayton4-year · Private nonprofit$33,000$23,60153%
Omega Graduate SchoolDayton4-year · Private nonprofit———
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-DicksonDickson2-year · Public$16,426$11,47575%
Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburg2-year · Public$15,643$6,55739%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonElizabethton2-year · Public$19,042$10,69780%
The Hair Academy LLCFayettevilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$23,415$14,83985%
Franklin Hair Academy School of CosmetologyFranklinUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$25,545$20,61586%
Williamson Christian CollegeFranklin4-year · Private nonprofit——50%
Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatin2-year · Public$19,461$10,50829%
Welch CollegeGallatin4-year · Private nonprofit$35,995$17,09055%
Tusculum UniversityGreeneville4-year · Private nonprofit$44,535$20,50839%
Roane State Community CollegeHarriman2-year · Public$10,865$1,63540%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HarrimanHarriman2-year · Public$18,114$12,23677%
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate4-year · Private nonprofit$42,631$21,39449%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HartsvilleHartsville2-year · Public$9,451$1,65980%
Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson4-year · Private nonprofit$39,109$22,03673%
Image Maker Beauty InstituteHendersonvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$20,814$17,48557%
Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-NashvilleHendersonvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$30,333$25,64873%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HohenwaldHohenwald2-year · Public$20,488$12,97881%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-HuntsvilleHuntsville2-year · Public$15,245$10,11885%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksboroJacksboro2-year · Public$20,311$13,80382%
Empire Beauty School-JacksonJacksonUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$20,262$14,54543%
Jackson State Community CollegeJackson2-year · Public$16,103$7,02529%
Lane CollegeJackson4-year · Private nonprofit$23,527$12,66018%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksonJackson2-year · Public$14,715$8,78782%
Union UniversityJackson4-year · Private nonprofit$57,191$22,99575%
Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City4-year · Private nonprofit$50,237$18,13054%
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City4-year · Public$25,869$14,20855%
Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson CityJohnson CityUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$26,781$21,51261%
TC BeautyJohnson CityUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$21,412$18,75989%
Jersey College - KnoxvilleKnoxville2-year · Private for-profit———
Johnson UniversityKnoxville4-year · Private nonprofit$36,839$23,54960%
Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville2-year · Public$15,459$6,72534%
Ross Medical Education Center-KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$27,025$21,72370%
South CollegeKnoxville4-year · Private for-profit$30,485$17,27345%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxville2-year · Public$16,317$10,58573%
Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville IncKnoxvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$16,685$10,88185%
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville4-year · Public$35,064$18,31474%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksboroLaFolletteUnder 2-year · Public———
Lawrenceburg Technical CollegeLawrenceburgUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$20,388$14,71286%
Cumberland UniversityLebanon4-year · Private nonprofit$40,411$15,96545%
Genesis Career College-LebanonLebanonUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$19,949$14,81860%
Elite College of CosmetologyLexingtonUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$15,811$11,32179%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-LivingstonLivingston2-year · Public$13,703$7,85377%
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia IncMadison4-year · Private nonprofit———
Mind Body InstituteMadisonUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$26,466$22,60573%
Love Beauty School IncManchesterUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$12,570$8,06485%
The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin4-year · Public$24,017$10,21151%
Maryville CollegeMaryville4-year · Private nonprofit$55,706$20,67748%
Bethel UniversityMcKenzie4-year · Private nonprofit$32,047$13,26729%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnvilleMcMinnville2-year · Public$13,164$7,90083%
Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$26,103$10,16533%
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$49,561$16,84255%
Concorde Career College-MemphisMemphis2-year · Private for-profit$33,149$28,23155%
Empire Beauty School-E MemphisMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$22,372$16,69057%
Gould's AcademyMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$15,113$10,10384%
Health-Tech Institute of MemphisMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit——100%
Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$18,556$6,99324%
Massage Institute of MemphisMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$21,291$15,356100%
Mid-South Christian CollegeMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$21,415$13,126100%
Paul Mitchell the School-MemphisMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$29,484$23,01748%
Relay Graduate School of Education - MemphisMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit———
Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphis2-year · Private nonprofit$29,460$23,09738%
Rhodes CollegeMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$73,874$28,77681%
Southern College of OptometryMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit———
Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphis2-year · Public$13,153$5,09119%
Strayer University-Shelby Oaks CampusMemphis4-year · Private for-profit———
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MemphisMemphis2-year · Public$16,493$11,70552%
The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis4-year · Public———
University of MemphisMemphis4-year · Public$25,805$12,19253%
Vibe Barber CollegeMemphisUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$29,439$22,85086%
Visible Music CollegeMemphis4-year · Private nonprofit$34,483$25,00614%
William R Moore College of TechnologyMemphis2-year · Private nonprofit$20,038$12,49646%
Arnolds Beauty SchoolMilanUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$24,025$18,69374%
Milligan UniversityMilligan4-year · Private nonprofit$53,539$20,00062%
Studio 75 Hair AcademyMillingtonUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$32,685$26,045—
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownMorristown2-year · Public$14,319$7,27785%
Walters State Community CollegeMorristown2-year · Public$16,402$7,08240%
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro4-year · Public$24,577$12,56254%
Paul Mitchell the School-MurfreesboroMurfreesboroUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$31,652$24,25761%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboro2-year · Public$13,359$7,51676%
American Baptist CollegeNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$28,753$11,41832%
Belmont UniversityNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$64,800$32,64871%
Casa Loma College - NashvilleNashville4-year · Private nonprofit———
Fisk UniversityNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$44,373$37,14340%
Fortis Institute-NashvilleNashville2-year · Private for-profit$34,714$27,24346%
Galen Health Institutes-Nashville CampusNashville4-year · Private for-profit$35,414$28,537—
Herzing University-NashvilleNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$28,444$23,363—
John A Gupton CollegeNashville2-year · Private nonprofit$26,231$18,04836%
Lipscomb UniversityNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$56,348$23,17871%
Meharry Medical CollegeNashville4-year · Private nonprofit———
Meridian Institute of Surgical AssistingNashville2-year · Private for-profit———
Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashville2-year · Private for-profit$39,932$34,64869%
Nashville Film InstituteNashville2-year · Private for-profit$34,455$30,72955%
Nashville State Community CollegeNashville2-year · Public$16,415$7,97920%
Nossi College of Art and DesignNashville4-year · Private for-profit$26,909$24,51840%
Relay Graduate School of Education - NashvilleNashville4-year · Private nonprofit———
Remington College-Nashville CampusNashville2-year · Private nonprofit$29,367$22,69046%
SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville4-year · Private for-profit$30,615$24,88637%
South College-NashvilleNashville4-year · Private for-profit———
Strayer University-TennesseeNashville4-year · Private for-profit——50%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvilleNashville2-year · Public$13,666$6,55178%
Tennessee State UniversityNashville4-year · Public$25,814$12,15434%
The Salon Professional Academy-NashvilleNashvilleUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$16,194$11,96497%
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$42,813$19,82851%
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville4-year · Private nonprofit$94,142$15,49793%
Sandra Academy of Salon ServicesNew TazewellUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$18,953$11,44758%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NorthwestNewbern2-year · Public$14,950$10,22469%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/CarrollParis2-year · Public$11,990$5,95672%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-PulaskiPulaski2-year · Public$28,121$23,07484%
The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski4-year · Public$21,358$6,69032%
The University of the SouthSewanee4-year · Private nonprofit$74,398$31,93179%
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvilleShelbyville2-year · Public$14,043$8,12588%
Sweetwater Institute of CosmetologySweetwaterUnder 2-year · Private for-profit$9,186$1,21195%
Motlow State Community CollegeTullahoma2-year · Public$21,531$12,64537%

— = not reported for that school. Names link to the school's College Navigator profile (admissions, aid, programs).

Where to earn a doctorate

Schools in Tennessee that awarded a doctor's degree (research, professional practice such as MD, JD or PharmD, or other) in 2023-24, and the fields they awarded it in.

  • King UniversityBristol · Private nonprofitHealth Professions and Related Programs
  • The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga · PublicEducation · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville · PublicEducation
  • Lee UniversityCleveland · Private nonprofitEducation · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Pentecostal Theological SeminaryCleveland · Private nonprofitTheology and Religious Vocations
  • Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale · Private nonprofitEducation · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville · PublicNatural Resources and Conservation · Education · Engineering · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Omega Graduate SchoolDayton · Private nonprofitPhilosophy and Religious Studies · Social Sciences
  • Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate · Private nonprofitAgricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields · Education · Legal Professions and Studies · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
  • Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson · Private nonprofitEducation · Psychology
  • Union UniversityJackson · Private nonprofitEducation · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City · Private nonprofitEducation
  • East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City · PublicEducation · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology · Psychology · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
  • Johnson UniversityKnoxville · Private nonprofitBusiness, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
  • South CollegeKnoxville · Private for-profitEducation · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
  • The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville · PublicAgricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields · Natural Resources and Conservation · Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs · Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services · Education · Engineering · Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences · Legal Professions and Studies · English Language and Literature/Letters · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Mathematics and Statistics · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Physical Sciences · Psychology · Public Administration and Social Service Professions · Social Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · History
  • Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia IncMadison · Private nonprofitHealth Professions and Related Programs
  • Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis · Private nonprofitHealth Professions and Related Programs
  • Southern College of OptometryMemphis · Private nonprofitHealth Professions and Related Programs
  • The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis · PublicBiological and Biomedical Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • University of MemphisMemphis · PublicCommunication, Journalism, and Related Programs · Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services · Education · Engineering · Legal Professions and Studies · English Language and Literature/Letters · Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Mathematics and Statistics · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Physical Sciences · Psychology · Public Administration and Social Service Professions · Visual and Performing Arts · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · History
  • Milligan UniversityMilligan · Private nonprofitEducation · Theology and Religious Vocations
  • Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro · PublicEducation · English Language and Literature/Letters · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Mathematics and Statistics · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology · Social Sciences · History
  • Belmont UniversityNashville · Private nonprofitLegal Professions and Studies · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Lipscomb UniversityNashville · Private nonprofitEducation · Theology and Religious Vocations · Social Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Meharry Medical CollegeNashville · Private nonprofitBiological and Biomedical Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Tennessee State UniversityNashville · PublicAgricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields · Education · Engineering · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Psychology · Public Administration and Social Service Professions · Health Professions and Related Programs
  • Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville · Private nonprofitEducation · Psychology · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
  • Vanderbilt UniversityNashville · Private nonprofitComputer and Information Sciences and Support Services · Education · Engineering · Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics · Legal Professions and Studies · English Language and Literature/Letters · Biological and Biomedical Sciences · Mathematics and Statistics · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies · Philosophy and Religious Studies · Theology and Religious Vocations · Physical Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · Health Professions and Related Programs · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services · History
  • The University of the SouthSewanee · Private nonprofitTheology and Religious Vocations

About these numbers

Which schools
Every school in the College Scorecard file of 15 Oct 2026 that is currently operating and approved for federal student aid (Title IV). Schools that do not take federal aid are not in the file.
College Scorecard
College Scorecard data, Most Recent Institution-Level file (release of 15 Oct 2026)U.S. Department of Education
Checked
21 Oct 2026

Currently operating Title IV schools (CURROPER = 1). Cost = average annual cost of attendance (COSTT4_A, or COSTT4_P for program-year schools), net price = NPT4_PUB / NPT4_PRIV, both 2024-25; completion = C150_4 (four-year schools, fall 2019 cohort) or C150_L4 (fall 2022 cohort), within 150% of normal time.

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Type and control
The federal "level of institution" (4-year, 2-year, less than 2-year) and control (public, private nonprofit, private for-profit) as the school reports them.
Cost a year
Average annual cost of attendance, including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses, for full-time, first-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, 2024-25. Program-year schools (most trade schools) report it per program year.
College Scorecard
College Scorecard data dictionary and cohort mapU.S. Department of Education
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Net price
That cost minus the average grant and scholarship aid, 2024-25. What a family pays depends on income: every school's own net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Completion
Share of full-time, first-time students who completed a degree or certificate at the school within 150% of normal time: at four-year schools, students who started in fall 2019 (or the 2019-20 year); at other schools, fall 2022 (or 2022-23). Rounded to a whole percent.
Fields and doctorates
From the awards each school reported to NCES IPEDS for 2023-24 (July 2023 – June 2024, first majors), grouped into CIP 2020 families; the level shown is the highest award made in that family that year. A school that made no award in a field that year is not listed for it.
NCES IPEDS
IPEDS Completions, 2023-24 (complete data file C2024_A)National Center for Education Statistics
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21 Oct 2026
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Rankings, admission chances and program accreditation. Check accreditation with the accreditor and in the Department of Education's DAPIP database before you enroll.
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Where these facts come from

Official and primary sources only, each checked on the date shown. Rules on testing, aid, licensing and immigration change, so confirm a detail with its source before you rely on it.