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Largest elementary education programs in Tennessee
Tennessee elementary education 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 Technological University | Cookeville | Public, 4-year | 101 |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public, 4-year | 53 |
| 3 | Lee University | Cleveland | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 26 |
| 4 | Belmont University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 22 |
| 5 | Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 22 |
| 6 | Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 18 |
| 7 | Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 12 |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 12 |
| 9 | King University | Bristol | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 10 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | Athens | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 11 | Johnson University | Knoxville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 10 |
| 12 | Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 9 |
| 13 | South College | Knoxville | For-profit, 4-year | 8 |
| 14 | Maryville College | Maryville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 8 |
| 15 | Bethel University | McKenzie | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 16 | Bryan College-Dayton | Dayton | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 17 | Cumberland University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 18 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Public, 4-year | 6 |
| 19 | Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 5 |
| 20 | The University of Tennessee Southern | Pulaski | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 21 | Tennessee State University | Nashville | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 22 | Union University | Jackson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 23 | Le Moyne-Owen College | Memphis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Public, 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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