Top 20 largest universities by students · Tennessee
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Updated · students (students)
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Why these 20
Student numbers as recorded in Wikidata (with the source each editor cited there). Open and affiliating universities count every enrolled student, so they top the world list; drill into a country or state for campuses you may visit.
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University of Tennessee
public university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
30,559 · 🇺🇸 United States
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ミドルテネシー州立大学
public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
20,488 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Tennessee State University
public land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
10,389 · 🇺🇸 United States
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
10,286 · 🇺🇸 United States
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Austin Peay State University
public university in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
10,272 · 🇺🇸 United States
How it is measured
Wikidata: universities (public, private) with a student count of 10,000 or more; country and state from the location; the world list is the top 20 of the countries below.
References
- Wikidata query: universities by students, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 20:21 UTC.
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