Tennessee Archive
Aquinas College (AQ, AQC) in Nashville, Tennessee, which was founded in 1928, was originally named Saint Cecilia Normal School. Its mission was to provide training for prospective teachers. At first, the training was limited to members of the Dominican Sisters …
Austin Peay State University (APSU) was founded in 1927 as a training school for teachers. It quickly expanded, adding additional undergraduate programs and branching out into graduate education. In 1972, it added its first nursing program. Now, APSU offers nursing …
The Baptist College of Health Sciences (BCHS), while officially founded in 1994, traces its roots back to the School of Nursing (founded 1912) which was associated with Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. After a long and successful track record of …
Belmont University (BU), located in Nashville, Tennessee, got its start as an elementary school for girls in 1890. Since 1890, it has transformed itself, changing from an elementary school to a college for women to a coeducational college. Now, Belmont …
Carson-Newman University (C-N, CNU), until 2012 known as Carson-Newman College, began in 1851 as Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary. In 1880 it was renamed to be Carson College, and merged with Newman College in 1889. A Baptist and liberal arts …
Founded as Chattanooga State Technical Institute in 1967, the college underwent many changes until it was renamed Chattanooga State Community College (CSCC) in 2009. Currently Chattanooga State enrolls almost 12,000 students a semester, and has a main campus on Amnicola …
Cleveland State Community College (CSCC) enrolls 5000 students each semester and serves a five county area. Founded in 1967, Cleveland State has satellite campuses in Athens and Madisonville, in addition to the main campus in Cleveland. The main campus sits …
Columbia State Community College (CSCC) was founded in 1966, and is Tennessee’s first community college. The college has five campuses and serves a nine county area of the state. Columbia State enrolls 10,000 students each semester, has over 50 different …
Cumberland University (CU), founded in 1842, is 30 miles east of Nashville in the state of Tennessee. Almost 1500 students enroll each semester, and the majority of them are under the age of 24. The student to faculty ratio is …
Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) in Tennessee is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Founded in 1969, DSCC is an affordable college, and offers campuses in Trenton and Covington, as well as an online program for busy …
East Tennessee State University (ETSU) was founded in 1911 and has over 15,000 students, both graduate and undergraduate. The University has a Main campus and the Veterans Affairs (VA) campus that houses the College of Medicine. The school boasts computer …
Jackson State Community College (JSCC) was founded in 1967, and has an enrollment of over 5000 students. There are campuses in Jackson, Humboldt, Lexington and Savannah, making it accessible to a large part of western Tennessee. Jackson State offers dual …
King University (KU), previously known as King College, is located in Bristol, Tennessee, which is part of the Tri-Cities Metropolitan area, and has a population of 450,000. The area is home to NASCAR’s Bristol Motor Speedway, and is known as …
Founded in 1897, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is named for the United States President that envisioned a university to serve the people of the Cumberland Gap. With about 4500 students enrolled, the average class size is 17 students, making this …
Founded as Nashville Bible School in 1891, Lipscomb University (LU) in Tennessee was renamed in 1918 to honor co-founder David Lipscomb following his death. The school is a private liberal arts college associated with the Churches of Christ. About 2600 …
Martin Methodist College (MMC) was founded in 1870, and is associated with the Tennessee Conference of the United Methodist Church. It was begun as a school for girls, and was transferred to the Methodist Church in 1908. In 1938 it …
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) was founded in 1911 as a two year teachers school. It became a University and gained its current name in 1965. The campus now covers over 500 acres and the University enrolls 26,000 students each …
Milligan College (MC) is a Christian liberal arts institution. Founded in 1866, it is located in the Tri-Cities region of northeastern Tennessee. The school enrolls 1200 students and classes are usually around 10 to 15 students. Milligan has 30 majors …
The main campus of Motlow State Community College (MSCC) sits on 187 acres of land donated by the Motlow family. Founded in 1969, this public Tennessee college offers flexible learning pathways, degrees, and certificates to an 11 county service area. …
Roane State Community College (RSCC) in Tennessee was founded in 1969, and moved into its first permanent building on the main campus in 1973. Roane State now enrolls over 6800 students, and has nine campus locations in nine different counties. …
South College in Tennessee, formerly known as Knoxville Business College (KBC), was founded in 1882. Aside from the main campus on Lonas Drive, South College has a facility on Goody’s Lane in west Knoxville. The College is a smoke-free area, …
Southern Adventist University (SAU) in Tennessee began as Graysville Academy in 1892. It moved to its current location in Collegedale in 1916, and gained its current name in 1996. It is a Seventh-Day Adventist school, and currently enrolls over 3000 …
Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC) was founded in 2000 when Shelby State Community College and State Technical Institute in Memphis were combined. Southwest enrolls 13,000 students, and prepares students for the workplace or transfer to a four-year institution with a …
Made up of 46 educational institutions and enrolling over 200,000 students, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) is the country’s sixth largest public higher education system. The TBR was formed in 2001 and uses its network of schools to offer …
Tennessee State University (TSU) was founded in 1912 as an agricultural and industrial school, and became a university in 1951. TSU has two campuses, the main one along the Cumberland River, and the Avon Williams downtown campus in the heart …
Tennessee Technological University (TTU) began educating students in 1912 as the University of Dixie, a two year private school. The school began to grow and evolve, eventually becoming a four year public university and gaining its current name, Tennessee Tech, …
Tennessee Wesleyan College (TWC) began in 1857 as Athens Female College. The college experienced many name changes before the current name was adopted in 1954. The College is affiliated with the Holsten Conference of the United Methodist Church, and is …
Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) in Tennessee can trace its roots back to a Christian workers’ training class begun in 1901. What began as a small group grew until it became the Literary and Bible Training School for Christian Workers later …
Union University (UU) of Tennessee is a private, four year institution that was founded in 1823. It is the oldest Southern Baptist college in the nation. There are more than 4200 students enrolled, and the student to faculty ratio is …
The University of Memphis (U of M) was founded as the West Tennessee State Normal School in 1912. The school changed names several times over the years, and finally became University of Memphis in 1994. University of Memphis enrolls over …
Begun as Chattanooga University in 1886, the school spent 83 years as a private college. But when it merged with Chattanooga City College and the University of Tennessee in 1969, it became University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), part of …
When the University of Tennessee began in 1911 in Memphis, it was dedicated to health science education and research. It began to add new programs in health sciences. Today the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is made up …
The University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin, UTM) was founded in 1900. It currently enrolls 8000 students. The school is home to UT Online, a program through the University of Tennessee that allows students to earn certain undergraduate and …
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT, UTK) is one of the oldest public universities in the nation. It was founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, as Blount College. It moved to its current location in …
Vanderbilt University (VU, Vandy) in Tennessee is a private research university that was created with an endowment from Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and opened its doors to students in 1875. The University has always been coed, and is dedicated to providing …
Serving the residents of East Tennessee, Walters State Community College (WSCC, WS) was founded in 1970 as an affordable higher education opportunity. WSCC has campuses in Morristown, Greeneville, Sevierville, and Tazewell. There are over 11,000 students enrolled, and the College …
Since its beginning Community Health Systems Inc. has become one of the leading operators of hospitals in the nation. With more than 131 hospitals spread across the country, CHS offers needed healthcare to areas that lack the services. This system …
