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Largest speech communication and rhetoric programs in Tennessee
Tennessee speech communication and rhetoric 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 | The University of Tennessee | Knoxville | Public, 4-year | 134 |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | Public, 4-year | 41 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 20 |
| 4 | Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 14 |
| 5 | Belmont University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 6 | Union University | Jackson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 11 |
| 7 | Bryan College-Dayton | Dayton | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 10 |
| 8 | Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 6 |
| 9 | Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 4 |
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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