University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

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

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant^[1] university whose largest and main campus is in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Student body size and employment[edit]

In fall of 2023, there were 36,304 students^[2] 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[edit]

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 to attend for one year including housing and all other estimated costs to live was $35,156 (in-state) or $54,600 (out-of-state).

Research[edit]

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".^[3] The university has ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allowing for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students in the sciences. ⁷Also affiliated with the university are:

• the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
• the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility
• the University of Tennessee Arboretum (250 acres) - in Oak Ridge, TN
• the University of Tennessee Medical Center (a Level I trauma center)

Satellite campuses[edit]

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

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