This is a list of colleges and universities in Tennessee. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education.
Institutions
[edit]Colleges and universities
[edit]Defunct colleges and universities
[edit]Name | Location | Control | Carnegie Classification | Founded | Defunct | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bolivar College | Madisonville | Private | 1850 | Closed | ||
Burritt College | Spencer | Private | 1848 | 1939 | Closed | |
Hiwassee College | Madisonville | Private | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 1849 | 2019 | Closed |
Lambuth University | Jackson | Private | 1843 | 2011 | Acquired by University of Memphis | |
Memphis College of Art | Memphis | Private | Masters University | 1936 | 2020 | Closed |
Morristown College | Morristown | Private | 1881 | 1989 | Acquired by Knoxville College | |
O'More College of Design | Franklin | Private | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges | 1969 | 2018 | Merged with Belmont University |
Peabody College | Nashville | Private | 1875 | 1979 | Merged with Vanderbilt University | |
Scarritt College | Nashville | Private | 1892 | 1988 | Closed | |
Tennessee Temple University | Chattanooga | Private | Doctoral University | 1946 | 2015 | Merged with Carolina University |
Victory University | Memphis | Private | 1941 | 2014 | Closed | |
Ward–Belmont College | Nashville | Private | 1913 | 1951 | Closed, campus sold to Belmont University |
Tennessee Board of Regents
[edit]Two-year institutions
[edit]- Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga
- Cleveland State Community College, Cleveland
- Columbia State Community College, Columbia
- Dyersburg State Community College, Dyersburg
- Jackson State Community College, Jackson
- Motlow State Community College, Lynchburg
- Nashville State Community College, Nashville
- Northeast State Community College, Blountville
- Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville
- Roane State Community College, Harriman
- Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis
- Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin
- Walters State Community College, Morristown
Colleges of Applied Technology
[edit]- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Athens
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Chattanooga, Chattanooga
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Covington
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Crossville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Crump, Crump
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology -Dickson
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Elizabethton
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Harriman
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Hartsville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Hohenwald
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jacksboro
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Jackson
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Knoxville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Livingston
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - McKenzie
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - McMinnville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Memphis
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Morristown, Morristown
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Murfreesboro
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Nashville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Newbern, Newbern
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Oneida
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Paris
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Pulaski, Pulaski
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Ripley
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Shelbyville, Shelbyville
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Whiteville
Private institutions
[edit]Two-year institutions
[edit]- John A. Gupton College, Nashville
- National College of Business & Technology, Memphis
- Remington College
- Daymar Institute
- Miller-Motte Technical College
See also
[edit]- Higher education in the United States
- List of college athletic programs in Tennessee
- List of American institutions of higher education
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
Notes
[edit]- ^ School types are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.