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The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $10,029 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $33,678.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $60,249 ten years after entering, the 74th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 74% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1794
Enrollment, 2023
36,950
Website
utk.edu
Campus of The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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AboutPublic university in Knoxville, Tennessee, US. Wikipedia ↗

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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with 14 colleges. It hosts more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries.

From the Wikipedia article “University of Tennessee”, revision 1364225101, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $33,678 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $10,029 and $25,688 a year depending on income at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Statement of cost · The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$33,678
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$10,029
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$18,976
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$13,812

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $10,029; $30–48k: $12,162; $48–75k: $18,206; $75–110k: $23,627; over $110k: $25,688. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$10,029
$30k–$48k$12,162
$48k–$75k$18,206
$75k–$110k$23,627
Over $110k$25,688

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $60,249; the median graduate who borrowed owes $20,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$47,782
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$54,188
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
74th percentile among public 4-years
$60,249
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
59th percentile among public 4-years
$20,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$16,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $47,782; 8 yrs after entry: $54,188; 10 yrs after entry: $60,249. Median graduate debt: $20,500. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $20,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$47,782
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$54,188
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$60,249
Median graduate debt$20,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree595$79,000$20,500
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree386$133,752not reported
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree354not reportednot reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree313$61,292$21,500
MarketingBachelor's Degree302$62,427$19,500
Social WorkMaster's Degree268$53,501not reported
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree248$58,414$23,579
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree246$78,862$23,250
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree239$74,229$23,292
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree181$88,397$25,000
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree149$55,196$20,500
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree143$90,860$23,250
Show all 29 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree140$50,535not reported
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree137not reported$18,500
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's Degree134$62,859$21,368
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree130$57,807$20,875
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree126$85,054$22,000
Social WorkGraduate/Professional Certificate119$50,412not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree113$101,926$16,750
LawFirst Professional Degree112$96,435not reported
Industrial EngineeringMaster's Degree36not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree22not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree0$149,644not reported
Veterinary MedicineFirst Professional Degree79$111,314not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degreenot reported$108,396not reported
ChemistryDoctoral Degree24not reportednot reported
Engineering, OtherDoctoral Degree6not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringMaster's Degree23$116,277not reported
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree78$97,661not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville: 30,418 undergraduates; 19% of students receive Pell grants; 42% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

42%

6th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

30,418

94th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

19%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

14th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

74%

finish within 150% of normal time

91st percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

25%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$54,206

79th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k24%
  • $30k–$48k15%
  • $48k–$75k16%
  • $75k–$110k17%
  • Over $110k28%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k24%
$30k–$48k15%
$48k–$75k16%
$75k–$110k17%
Over $110k28%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,385 people who studied at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, most often in sports (45%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 24% (518 people); medicine 1.4% (30 people); law 4.5% (98 people); politics & gov 8.4% (180 people); business 2.6% (56 people); engineering & tech 2.6% (57 people); writing & journalism 4.5% (97 people); film & stage 1.9% (40 people); music 1.5% (33 people); visual arts 1.7% (36 people); sports 45% (970 people); religion 0.2% (4 people); military 1.6% (34 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia51824.1%
medicine301.4%
law984.5%
politics & gov1808.4%
business562.6%
engineering & tech572.6%
writing & journalism974.5%
film & stage401.9%
music331.5%
visual arts361.7%
sports97045.1%
religion40.2%
military341.6%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsbasketball player (520) · American football player (280) · researcher (222) · politician (172) · university teacher (138) · lawyer (90) · writer (56) · baseball player (52)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 15% for the 1870s to 25% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 10 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1770snot reported2not reported
1780snot reported1not reported
1790snot reported1not reported
1810snot reported9not reported
1820snot reported11not reported
1830snot reported3not reported
1840snot reported4not reported
1850snot reported9not reported
1860snot reported12not reported
1870s21115%
1880snot reported15not reported
1890s1264%
1900s42315%
1910s4517%
1920s76110%
1930s129611%
1940s2114213%
1950s4411528%
1960s239020%
1970s279921%
1980s4310629%
1990s409929%
2000s185525%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 39,407 in 2022-10.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-069,964
2026-0512,067
2026-0411,274
2026-0313,248
2026-029,471
2026-0111,181
2025-1212,901
2025-1115,450
2025-1015,167
2025-0919,719
2025-0816,649
2025-0712,232
2025-0611,083
2025-0512,253
2025-0413,274
2025-0320,168
2025-0212,374
2025-0115,290
2024-1219,482
2024-1117,821
2024-1022,897
2024-0921,490
2024-0816,669
2024-0716,412
2024-0616,269
2024-0515,267
2024-0415,539
2024-0320,533
2024-0214,038
2024-0117,577
2023-1214,655
2023-1118,012
2023-1017,972
2023-0920,139
2023-0817,428
2023-0716,028
2023-0615,423
2023-0514,558
2023-0415,448
2023-0320,478
2023-0214,551
2023-0116,739
2022-1218,010
2022-1121,781
2022-1039,407
2022-0921,700
2022-0815,483
2022-0713,019
2022-0613,577
2022-0513,518
2022-0415,209
2022-0317,341
2022-0213,163
2022-0114,415
2021-1214,965
2021-1115,317
2021-1018,384
2021-0917,134
2021-0814,409
2021-0714,255
2021-0612,562
2021-0512,393
2021-0415,490
2021-0313,979
2021-0211,679
2021-0114,411
2020-1214,440
2020-1111,903
2020-1014,803
2020-0912,361
2020-0812,531
2020-0711,700
2020-0613,457
2020-0515,915
2020-0416,385
2020-0315,593
2020-0217,511
2020-0122,262
2019-1219,953
2019-1120,906
2019-1025,873
2019-0931,324
2019-0819,755
2019-0716,236
2019-0614,569
2019-0515,246
2019-0417,270
2019-0326,336
2019-0216,737
2019-0122,616
2018-1220,734
2018-1123,337
2018-1024,665
2018-0924,735
2018-0821,660
2018-0717,526
2018-0615,760
2018-0518,232
2018-0417,761
2018-0322,930
2018-0215,010
2018-0116,756
2017-1218,556
2017-1123,549
2017-1021,326
2017-0923,064
2017-0817,725
2017-0714,134
2017-0613,124
2017-0515,526
2017-0416,219
2017-0318,331
2017-0214,426
2017-0116,766
2016-1216,441
2016-1118,821
2016-1024,320
2016-0929,630
2016-0816,595
2016-0713,433
2016-0613,836
2016-0513,676
2016-0414,480
2016-0316,113
2016-0217,976
2016-0117,458
2015-1214,399
2015-1116,705
2015-1019,639
2015-0921,399
2015-0815,516
2015-0713,903

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • James M. Buchanan Economics 1986

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 14 portraits

Also recorded: Frank Knight.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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