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Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution. The location of UT Knoxville is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

19 Undergraduate Degrees
191 Graduate Degrees
$38,663 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
68% Acceptance Rate

Where Is The University of Tennessee - Knoxville?

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Contact details for UT Knoxville are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-1000
Website: www.utk.edu

How Do I Get Into UT Knoxville?

You can apply to UT Knoxville online at: vip.utk.edu/

Admission Requirements for UT Knoxville

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 1
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UT Knoxville?

68% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
21% Submit SAT Scores
UT Knoxville has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to UT Knoxville submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 590 to 660 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 580 to 670 )
200
800
UT Knoxville received ACT scores from 59% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

ACT English Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 25 to 33 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville  ( 25 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford The University of Tennessee - Knoxville?

$38,663 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UT Knoxville is $38,663. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UT Knoxville, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $9,233 a year. That adds up to $36,932 over four years for those students.

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Undergraduate Student Diversity

23,875 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 25,067 undergraduate students at UT Knoxville, with 23,875 being full-time and 1,192 being part-time.

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There are also 6,634 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 23,875 full-time undergraduates at UT Knoxville, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Tennessee - Knoxville students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 919
Black or African American 1,195
Hispanic or Latino 1,306
White 18,854
International Students 193
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,408

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at UT Knoxville. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

2,236 Took All Classes Online
16,938 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 16,938 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UT Knoxville has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 9th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 0 0 110 0 110
General Education 0 0 16 16 32
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services 0 0 20 7 27
General Special Education 19 0 0 0 19
General Educational Leadership & Administration 0 2 12 0 14
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 0 0 0 4 4
Educational/Instructional Technology 0 4 0 0 4
Urban Education & Leadership 0 0 0 0 0
Education of the Deaf 0 0 0 0 0
Art Education 0 0 0 0 0
Adult & Continuing Education 0 0 0 0 0
Elementary Education 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 19 6 158 27 210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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