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Largest educational leadership and administration programs in Tennessee
Tennessee educational leadership and administration programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee State University | Nashville | Public, 4-year | 120 |
| 2 | Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Public, 4-year | 97 |
| 3 | Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 92 |
| 4 | Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 68 |
| 5 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public, 4-year | 62 |
| 6 | University of Memphis | Memphis | Public, 4-year | 41 |
| 7 | Union University | Jackson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 40 |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | Martin | Public, 4-year | 37 |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Public, 4-year | 33 |
| 10 | Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 31 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 31 |
| 12 | Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 27 |
| 13 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Public, 4-year | 20 |
| 14 | Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 19 |
| 15 | Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville | Public, 4-year | 16 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public, 4-year | 14 |
| 17 | Milligan University | Milligan | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 18 | Cumberland University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 19 | South College | Knoxville | For-profit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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