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Largest registered nursing programs in Tennessee
Tennessee registered nursing 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 | East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | Public, 4-year | 518 |
| 2 | University of Memphis | Memphis | Public, 4-year | 381 |
| 3 | South College | Knoxville | For-profit, 4-year | 266 |
| 4 | The University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Public, 4-year | 256 |
| 5 | Belmont University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 190 |
| 6 | Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville | Public, 4-year | 184 |
| 7 | Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | Public, 4-year | 183 |
| 8 | Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 163 |
| 9 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public, 4-year | 128 |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Public, 4-year | 120 |
| 11 | Union University | Jackson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 120 |
| 12 | Walters State Community College | Morristown | Public, 2-year | 109 |
| 13 | Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | Public, 2-year | 106 |
| 14 | Galen Health Institutes | Nashville | For-profit, 4-year | 102 |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Memphis | Public, 4-year | 98 |
| 16 | Baptist Health Sciences University | Memphis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 90 |
| 17 | Chattanooga State Community College | Chattanooga | Public, 2-year | 85 |
| 18 | Pellissippi State Community College | Knoxville | Public, 2-year | 83 |
| 19 | Columbia State Community College | Columbia | Public, 2-year | 82 |
| 20 | Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis | Public, 2-year | 80 |
| 21 | Lipscomb University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 70 |
| 22 | Jackson State Community College | Jackson | Public, 2-year | 66 |
| 23 | Cumberland University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 65 |
| 24 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | Athens | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 63 |
| 25 | Motlow State Community College | Tullahoma | Public, 2-year | 60 |
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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