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THE UNIVERSITY
Comprehensive, urban, coeducational, land-grant university offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees; founded in 1912 after its organization in 1909 as the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School; became four-year teachers’ college in 1922; elevated to full land-grant university in 1958; absorbed University of Tennessee at Nashville in 1979

LOCATION
Nashville, Tennessee: state capital and second-largest city in the state, population 600,000; known as “Music City USA” and “The Athens of the South”; center of government, banking, insurance, publishing, healthcare, transportation, art, culture, and education; beautiful main campus sits on 500 acres near the Cumberland River in a residential neighborhood just 10 minutes northwest of downtown; Avon Williams Campus, in the heart of the city, is within easy walking distance of central business and government district

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
77 majors in eight undergraduate and graduate colleges and schools; arts and sciences; business; education; engineering, technology, and computer science; health sciences; public service and urban affairs; agriculture and consumer sciences; nursing; Tennessee State University graduates the highest number of African American bachelor degree holders in agriculture, agriculture operations, and agriculture-related sciences; University’s sponsored research budget exceeds $32 million

DEGREES
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of Business Administration; Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies; Bachelor of Professional Studies; Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Associate in Applied Science; Teacher Certification

Graduate: Master of Arts; Master of Science; Master of Business Administration; Master of Criminal Justice; Master of Education; Master of Engineering; Master of Public Administration; Master of Science in Nursing; Certificate in Health Administration and Planning; Certificate in Nonprofit Management; Specialist in Education

Doctoral: Doctor of Education; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor of Physical Therapy

ENROLLMENT
Fall 2011 semester enrollment:  7,105 undergraduate and 2,060 graduate students

FACULTY
450 full-time academic faculty; 72.7% of faculty have terminal degrees; undergraduate student-faculty ratio: 16 to 1

ATHLETICS
NCAA Division I Ohio Valley Conference; men’s basketball, football (Division I-AA), golf, tennis, track and field; women’s basketball, softball, tennis, golf, volleyball, track and field

CAMPUS COMMUNITY
More than 100 student clubs, organizations, club sports and intramural teams; service learning; Student Government association; NPHC fraternities and sororities; Floyd-Payne Campus Center with cafeteria and cafés, bookstore, Kean Hall athletic areas, climbing wall, Wellness Center, student organization offices, meeting rooms and study lounges, 350-seat auditorium; Gentry Center health, physical education, athletic, and convocation complex with 10,000 seat arena, stadium, indoor and outdoor tracks, Olympic-size indoor pool, baseball and softball diamonds, courts for basketball, handball, tennis; academic support services; peer tutors; honors program; Career Development Center; Women’s Center; Leadership TSU; Goodwill Manor alumni house; Brown/Daniel Library with more than 420,000 books, 1,500 microforms, 1,775 periodicals, numerous online databases; vocal and instrumental music, performing arts, Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery, exhibitions, lectures, film and concert series; annual African Street Festival open to the community

ACCREDITATION

Tennessee State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist in Education, and Doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane,  Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Tennessee State University.

Tennessee State University has received national program recognition or approval from the following associations:

• National Association of Schools of Art & Design
• American Chemical Society
• National Association of Schools of Music
• Council on Social Work Education
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• National Association of Industrial Technology
• Council for Accreditation of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
• Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
• Commission on Dental Accreditation
• Association of University Programs in Health Administration
• Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs in collaboration with the Council on Education of
  the American Health Information Management Association
• National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
• Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
• Council of Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission
• Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education

 

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