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#123 Best Value Schools
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#50 Business Programs
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#60 Accounting
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#37 Marketing
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#7 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#69 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#138 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#44 Top Public Schools
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#66 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
University of Tennessee is ranked #104 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
51
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
170
Graduation and retention rank
137
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
71%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
86%
Social Mobility Rank
138
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
64%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
76%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
76%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.3
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
169
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
55
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.9%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
86%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
30%
Classes with 50 or more students
15%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
17:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
83
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
25-31
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
36%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
110
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
108
Average alumni giving rate
10.7%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
