Fact Book – Draft

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, enrolled 30,559 students in Fall 2020, including 24,254 undergraduates. 78% of undergraduates are from the state of Tennessee, while 4% of graduate/professional students are international. Demographically, 18% of all students identify as non-white and 53% of all students identify as female.

Headcount Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment By Full-Time/Part-Time, Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

Headcount Enrollment By College, Level, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

Headcount Enrollment By Age, Level, and Gender

Top 10 Enrollment Feeders By Tennessee County, State, and Country

Distribution of Enrollment By Foreign Country and Level

20 Year Trend of Total Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity

20 Year Trend of Undergraduate Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity

5 Year Trend of Undergraduate Headcount Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Undergraduate Headcount of International Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

20 Year Trend of Graduate/Professional Headcount Enrollment By Gender and Race/Ethnicity

5 Year Trend of Graduate/Professional Headcount Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Graduate/Professional Headcount of International Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

5 Year Trend of Total Headcount Enrollment By Level, Full-Time and Part-Time

Distribution of Student Credit Hour Loads

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has 1,665 full-time instructional faculty members, with 83 percent holding doctorate degrees in their respective disciplines. Ethnic minorities make up 18 percent of all full-time instructional faculty. Overall, the university is one of the area’s largest employers with 8,959 faculty, staff, and service employees.

Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College, Appointment Type, Tenure Status and Rank

Trend of Full‐Time Instructional Faculty by Rank

Full‐Time Instructional Faculty Rank by Race and Ethnicity

Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College, Gender, Highest Degree Held and Race

5 Year Trend of Full-time Instructional Faculty By Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Full-time International Instructional Faculty By Race-Ethnicity

Full‐Time Instructional Faculty (Percentages) by Rank, Age, and Length of Service

10 Year Trend of Tenured and Non-Tenured Full-Time Instructional Faculty

Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Gender

Distribution of Employees By EEO Category and Race (Excludes International)

Distribution of International Employees By EEO Category and Race

Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Budget Entity

Distribution of Employees by EEO Category and Level of Education

Trend of Faculty Counts by Campus and Faculty Type

Trend of Staff Counts by Campus and Staff Type

Trend of Post-Doctoral Staff Counts by Campus

Trend of Graduate Staff Counts by Campus and Staff Type

The University of Tennessee’s annual operating expenses were approximately $801 million in the fiscal year 2019, with compensation for public service, academic support, and student services exceeding $157 million—one fifth of the total expenditures.

Unrestricted Expenditures by Budgetary Function and Percent Distribution

Unrestricted Current Revenue By Budgetary Function and Revenue Dollars

UT Knoxville Analysis by Purpose—Using Campaign Counting Logic

UT Knoxville Analysis By Source—Using Campaign Counting Logic

UT Knoxville Analysis by Source and Purpose

Average Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty by College and Rank

Trend of Median Graduate Assistant Stipends 2005-2020

5 Year Trend of Student Tuition and Fees by Level

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a residential campus with 14 residence halls and 3,826 rooms. All freshmen are required to live on campus which offers students the benefits that come from being close to classes, activities, and campus resources. Learn more about our campus housing and libraries.

Number and Percent of Occupancy for Student Residence Halls, and Graduate Student Housing

5 Year Trend of Main Library Holding and Expenditures

5 Year Trend of Law Library Holding and Expenditures

5 Year Trend of Space Institute Library Holding and Expenditures

UT Knoxville Campus Libraries and Centers

With more than than 300 degree programs, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, prepares students to work and compete in just about every profession. UT strives to develop, implement, support, and assess programs and services that lead to persistence towards graduation. Overall, the six-year undergraduate graduation rate decreased from 72.2 percent to 71.1 percent in 2020 while the first year retention rate increased from 86.5 percent to 88.6 percent.

Ten Year Trend of Retention and Graduation Rates—First-time Full-time Freshman

Ten Year Trend of Retention and Graduation Rates—First-time Transfer Students

Ten Year Trend of Graduation Rates—First-Time Full-Time Freshman

Ten Year Trend of Degrees Conferred by Level

Five Year Trend of Degrees Conferred by College

Five Year Trend of Degrees Awarded by Major

5 Year Trend of Bachelor’s Degrees by Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Bachelor’s Degrees of International Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

5 Year Trend of Master’s Degrees by Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Master’s Degrees of International Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

5 Year Trend of Doctor’s Degrees by Race/Ethnicity (Excludes International)

5 Year Trend of Doctor’s Degrees of International Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity