The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Midsize city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
10,074 students
Larger than 90% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 38.7%
- TypePublic
- ClassDoctoral/professional university
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division I
Nearby college towns
- Collegedale14 mi
- Cleveland25.6 mi
- Dayton35.4 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, the largest reported group is White (74%), followed by Black (9.8%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0% |
| Asian | 3.1% | 6% |
| Black | 9.8% | 4.4% |
| Hispanic | 6.7% | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| White | 74% | 79.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% | 0.5% |
| Non-resident | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Unknown | 0.7% | 0.2% |
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Did you know? The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
- 81.1%The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga admitted 6,518 of 7,607 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 31.6%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 2,057 of 6,518.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $15,026average net price after grants for aided students, against $19,068 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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