Top Ranked Universities in Tennessee

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Top Ranked Universities in Tennessee - Highest Enrollment

Rank in Tennessee			Highest Enrollment
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	28,894	30,030 (↓3.8%)
2	2	Middle Tennessee State University	21,631	23,881 (↓9.4%)
3	3	University of Memphis	21,458	21,480 (↓0.1%)
4	4	East Tennessee State University	14,317	14,691 (↓2.5%)
5	5	Vanderbilt University	12,824	12,757 (↑0.5%)
6	6	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	11,638	11,674 (↓0.3%)
7 ↑	10	Austin Peay State University	10,954	10,399 (↑5.3%)
8 ↑	9	Pellissippi State Community College	10,894	10,704 (↑1.8%)
9 ↓	7	Tennessee Technological University	10,186	11,118 (↓8.4%)
10 ↓	8	Southwest Tennessee Community College	9,347	10,817 (↓13.6%)
11 ↑	14	Volunteer State Community College	9,154	8,153 (↑12.3%)
12 ↓	11	Nashville State Community College	8,284	10,007 (↓17.2%)
13 ↑	16	Belmont University	8,260	6,915 (↑19.5%)
14 ↓	12	Chattanooga State Community College	8,241	9,910 (↓16.8%)
15 ↓	13	Tennessee State University	7,774	8,883 (↓12.5%)
16 ↓	15	The University of Tennessee-Martin	7,048	7,423 (↓5.1%)
17 ↑	23	Motlow State Community College	6,886	4,900 (↑40.5%)
18 ↑	21	Columbia State Community College	6,221	5,225 (↑19.1%)
19 ↓	18	Walters State Community College	6,144	6,265 (↓1.9%)
20	20	Northeast State Community College	6,139	5,893 (↑4.2%)

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