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2024-25 Data
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, enrolled 6,804 new freshman and 1,602 new transfers in 2024.
Ten Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Applied, Admitted, and Enrolled
First-Time Freshmen Headcount Enrollment By College, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Ten Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Average SAT Scores
Ten Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Average ACT Scores
Five Year Trend of First-Time Enrollment By Equivalent ACT and GPA Group
Five Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, College, and Race/Ethnicity
Five Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Enrollment By Age Group
Five Year Trend of First-Time Freshman Enrollment By Place of Permanent Residence
Ten Year Trend of Applied, Admitted, Enrolled New Undergraduate Transfer Students
New Undergraduate Transfer Headcount Enrollment By College, Gender and Race/Ethnicity
Five Year Trend of New Undergraduate Transfer Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, College, and Race/Ethnicity
Five Year Trend of New Undergraduate Transfer Enrollment By Class, Level, and Age Group
Five Year Trend of New Undergraduate Transfer Enrollment By Permanent Residence
First-Time Graduate and Professional Headcount Enrollment By College, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Five Year Trend of First-Time Graduate and Professional Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, College, and Race/Ethnicity
Five Year Trend of First-Time Graduate and Professional Enrollment By Age Group
Five Year Trend of First-Time Graduate and Professional Enrollment By Place of Permanent Residence
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, enrolled 38,728 students in Fall 2024, including 30,564 undergraduates. 63% of undergraduates are from the state of Tennessee, while 14% of graduate/professional students are international. Demographically, 21% of all students identify as non-white and 54% of all students identify as female.
Headcount Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Headcount Enrollment By College, Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Headcount Enrollment By Age, Level, and Gender
20 Year Trend of Total Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity
20 Year Trend of Undergraduate Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity
20 Year Trend of Graduate/Professional Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity
5 Year Trend of Total Headcount Enrollment By Level, Full-Time and Part-Time
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville has 1,951 full-time instructional faculty members, with 83 percent holding doctorate degrees in their respective disciplines. Ethnic minorities make up 22 percent of all full-time instructional faculty. Overall, the university is one of the area’s largest employers with 10,896 faculty, staff, and service employees.
Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College, Appointment Type, Tenure Status and Rank
Trend of Full‐Time Instructional Faculty by Rank
Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College, Gender, Highest Degree Held and Race/Ethnicity
5 Year Trend of Full-time Instructional Faculty By Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)
5 Year Trend of Full-time International Instructional Faculty By Race/Ethnicity
Full‐Time Instructional Faculty (Percentages) by Rank, Age, and Length of Service
10 Year Trend of Tenured and Non-Tenured Full-Time Instructional Faculty
Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Gender
Distribution of Employees By EEO Category and Race (Excludes International)
Distribution of International Employees By EEO Category and Race
Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Budget Entity
Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Level of Education
Trend of Faculty Counts by Campus and Faculty Type
Trend of Staff Counts by Campus and Staff Type
Trend of Post-Doctoral Staff Counts by Campus
Trend of Graduate Staff Counts by Campus and Staff Type
The University of Tennessee’s annual operating expenses were approximately $1.2 billion in the fiscal year 2023, with compensation for public service, academic support, and student services exceeding $307 million — one fourth of the total expenditures.
Unrestricted Expenditures by Budgetary Function and Percent Distribution
Unrestricted Current Revenue By Budgetary Function and Revenue Dollars
UT Knoxville Analysis by Purpose and Source—Using Campaign Counting Logic
UT Knoxville Analysis by Source and Purpose
Average Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College and Rank
25-Year Trend of Median Graduate Assistant Stipends
5 Year Trend of Student Tuition and Fees by Level
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a residential campus with 16 residence halls and 8,784 beds. All freshmen are required to live on campus which offers students the benefits that come from being close to classes, activities, and campus resources. Learn more about our campus housing and libraries.
Number and Percent of Occupancy for Student Residence Halls, and Graduate Student Housing
5 Year Trend of Main Library Holding and Expenditures
5 Year Trend of Law Library Holding and Expenditures
5 Year Trend of Space Institute Library Holding and Expenditures
With more than than 300 degree programs, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, prepares students to work and compete in just about every profession. UT strives to develop, implement, support, and assess programs and services that lead to persistence towards graduation. Overall, the six-year undergraduate graduation rate increased from 73.5 percent to 73.9 percent in 2024 while the first year retention rate increased from 91.1 percent to 91.9 percent.
Ten Year Trend of Retention and Graduation Rates—First-time Full-time Freshman
Ten Year Trend of Retention and Graduation Rates—First-time Transfer Students
Trend of Graduation Rates of First-time Transfer Students
Ten Year Trend of Degrees Conferred by Level
Five Year Trend of Degrees Conferred by College
Five Year Trend of Degrees Awarded by Major
5 Year Trend of Summary of Degrees by Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity