University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

Ayres Hall, the oldest building at UT Knoxville, located at the top of "The Hill".

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university whose largest and main campus is in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Student body size and employment

In fall of 2023, there were 36,304 students on the campus, including graduate students and postdocs. Besides a faculty of nearly 2000, the Knoxville campus employs administrative staff of nearly 10,000 people.

Cost to attend

As of 2024, tuition and fees for one year were $13,812 (in-state) or $30,704 (out-of-state). The amount of money needed for one year including housing and all other estimated costs to live was $35,156 (in-state) or $54,600 (out-of-state).

Research

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university has ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allowing for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students in the sciences.

Also affiliated with the university are the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum located on 250 acres in the nearby city of Oak Ridge. The university is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which is one of two Level I trauma centers.

Satellite campuses

Several smaller branch campuses to the University of Tennessee system exist across the state.