Tennessee colleges and universities

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There are 70 colleges, universities, and technical schools in Tennessee. Combined, these Tennessean colleges and universities employ 45,720 people, earn more than $5 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $22 billion.

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Types of colleges and universities in Tennessee

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Colleges, universities, and technical schools	70	45,720	$5,499,404,513	$21,545,562,191
Undergraduate colleges	43	17,082	$1,484,204,553	$4,220,837,777
Universities	18	28,362	$3,985,693,564	$17,301,836,334
Community colleges	1	59	$5,503,878	$9,636,602

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Colleges and universities by major Tennessee cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Nashville	23	25,270	$3,821,853,558	$17,130,568,372
Memphis	13	3,409	$356,017,150	$1,024,434,493
Knoxville	10	3,062	$259,216,246	$658,047,195
Jackson, TN	4	2,509	$199,423,800	$495,850,307
Kingsport	3	1,195	$79,404,374	$171,843,169
Cleveland, TN	3	1,970	$92,855,053	$210,069,987
Chattanooga	3	207	$8,785,306	$7,771,562
Johnson City	2	868	$58,914,013	$132,054,106
Morristown	1	1,142	$58,703,240	$178,725,404

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Job trends for Tennessee colleges and universities

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	7
1-10	1
11-25	5
26-100	6
101 to 1,000	20
1,000+	13

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Tennessee colleges and universities is driven by large organizations like Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Lipscomb University, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU), and University of The South.

Sizes of colleges and universities in Tennessee

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	5
$250k to $1M	5
$1M to $5M	9
$5M to $25M	8
$25M to $100M	19
$100M+	9

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU), Lipscomb University, and Meharry Medical College (MMC) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Tennessee colleges and universities.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Tennessee colleges and universities with more than $100 million account for 80.2% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of colleges and universities in Tennessee

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Richmond The American International University in London (RAIUL)

Richmond, The American International University in London is an independent, not-for-profit, international, liberal arts and professional studies university established in 1972.

Revenue

$23.0m

Assets

$12.2m

Employees

201

EIN

06-1395640

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Fisk University

Fisk University produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. Our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts.

Revenue

$56.2m

Assets

$200.9m

Employees

578

EIN

62-0202000

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Baptist Health Sciences University (BCHS)

Baptist College of Health Sciences (BCHS) prepares graduates for careers of service and leadership by providing a comprehensive health sciences education within an integrated environment of learning and Christian principles.

Revenue

$30.2m

Assets

$104.3m

Employees

300

EIN

62-1599670

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Johnson University

Founded in 1893, Johnson University is a private, coeducational institution offering associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees. Over the years, the University programs have expanded to include different avenues of modern evangelism.

Revenue

$43.7m

Assets

$270.0m

Employees

799

EIN

62-6001104

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rhodes College

Rhodes College promotes community engagement, rigorous liberal arts education, and personal growth through hands-on learning, fostering leadership and service in Memphis and beyond.

Revenue

$187.6m

Assets

$656.5m

Employees

1,683

EIN

62-0476301

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Belmont University

Belmont is a private Christian university in Nashville with over 139 academic programs and a student-centered approach to education.

Revenue

$523.2m

Assets

$1.8b

Employees

4,272

EIN

62-0465076

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU)

Founded in 1901, Trevecca Nazarene University is a fully accredited, comprehensive institution of higher education located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Revenue

$90.7m

Assets

$236.7m

Employees

1,145

EIN

62-0497990

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Freed-Hardeman University (FHU)

The mission of FHU is to provide every student an education permeated with Christian values. The university is dedicated to Christian faith and practice and the pursuit of academic excellence in a supportive environment.

Revenue

$69.2m

Assets

$209.4m

Employees

1,040

EIN

62-0518288

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Milligan University

Milligan University operates as a Christian liberal arts university, striving to honor God through educating individuals to become servant-leaders. The university offers various programs in this pursuit and is located in Milligan, TN.

Revenue

$58.3m

Assets

$130.2m

Employees

868

EIN

62-0535755

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tusculum University

Tusculum University provides experiential education in a Christian environment. It offers Bachelor's, Master's degrees & various services to students.

Revenue

$39.6m

Assets

$102.3m

Employees

556

EIN

62-0484185

IRS type

501(c)(3)

LeMoyne-Owen College

LeMoyne-Owen College provides a transformative experience educating students for urban-focused leadership, scholarship, service and professional careers.

Revenue

$27.5m

Assets

$51.5m

Employees

221

EIN

62-0475690

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University offers top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs with a world-class faculty in Nashville, TN.

Revenue

$2.6b

Assets

$13.8b

Employees

14.2k

EIN

62-0476822

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Meharry Medical College (MMC)

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Meharry Medical College is one of the nation's oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts.

Revenue

$209.4m

Assets

$452.0m

Employees

1,292

EIN

62-0488046

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bryan College

Bryan College educates students to serve Christ and offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in Dayton, TN.

Revenue

$27.0m

Assets

$54.9m

Employees

537

EIN

62-0528217

IRS type

501(c)(3)

University of The South

Episcopal university in Tennessee with a liberal arts college and a theology school. Residential campus with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1.

Revenue

$192.8m

Assets

$851.0m

Employees

2,010

EIN

62-0475697

IRS type

501(c)(3)

King University

King University offers more than 90 majors, minors, pre-professional degrees and concentrations in fields such as business, nursing, law, medical and health sciences, pharmacy, education, and humanities.

Revenue

$39.8m

Assets

$69.6m

Employees

639

EIN

58-1363100

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU)

Lincoln Memorial University is a comprehensive values-based learning community dedicated to providing quality educational experiences at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels.

Revenue

$258.9m

Assets

$472.8m

Employees

2,383

EIN

62-0479542

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Union University

Union University provides Christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to Church and society.

Revenue

$104.8m

Assets

$219.1m

Employees

1,211

EIN

62-0516509

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Christian Brothers University (CBU)

Christian Brothers University is a four-year, private university affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. Operation of private Catholic University whose principal activity is to provide advanced study to students in an inter-faith educational community.

Revenue

$68.8m

Assets

$100.0m

Employees

806

EIN

62-0476666

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Cumberland University

To provide private co-educational post-secondary education to all races and creeds of the general public. Providing private co-educational post-secondary education to all races and creeds of the general public.

Revenue

$75.7m

Assets

$77.3m

Employees

523

EIN

62-0599339

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "B40: Higher Education Institutions" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Tennessee colleges and universities

Types of colleges and universities in Tennessee

Colleges and universities by major Tennessee cities

Job trends for Tennessee colleges and universities

Sizes of colleges and universities in Tennessee

Directory of colleges and universities in Tennessee

Richmond The American International University in London (RAIUL)

Fisk University

Baptist Health Sciences University (BCHS)

Johnson University

Rhodes College

Belmont University

Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU)

Freed-Hardeman University (FHU)

Milligan University

Tusculum University

LeMoyne-Owen College

Vanderbilt University

Meharry Medical College (MMC)

Bryan College

University of The South

King University

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU)

Union University

Christian Brothers University (CBU)

Cumberland University

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