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Largest liberal arts programs in Tennessee
Tennessee liberal arts 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 | Pellissippi State Community College | Knoxville | Public, 2-year | 834 |
| 2 | Motlow State Community College | Tullahoma | Public, 2-year | 801 |
| 3 | Cleveland State Community College | Cleveland | Public, 2-year | 637 |
| 4 | Columbia State Community College | Columbia | Public, 2-year | 615 |
| 5 | Volunteer State Community College | Gallatin | Public, 2-year | 601 |
| 6 | Walters State Community College | Morristown | Public, 2-year | 594 |
| 7 | Nashville State Community College | Nashville | Public, 2-year | 495 |
| 8 | Northeast State Community College | Blountville | Public, 2-year | 470 |
| 9 | Roane State Community College | Harriman | Public, 2-year | 465 |
| 10 | Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | Public, 2-year | 428 |
| 11 | Jackson State Community College | Jackson | Public, 2-year | 305 |
| 12 | Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Public, 4-year | 94 |
| 13 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public, 4-year | 77 |
| 14 | University of Memphis | Memphis | Public, 4-year | 66 |
| 15 | Lee University | Cleveland | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 43 |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public, 4-year | 17 |
| 17 | Belmont University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 16 |
| 18 | Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 12 |
| 19 | Tennessee State University | Nashville | Public, 4-year | 10 |
| 20 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7 |
| 21 | Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 22 | Union University | Jackson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
| 23 | Christian Brothers University | Memphis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 2 |
| 24 | Welch College | Gallatin | Private nonprofit, 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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