Graduate Programs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Graduate School Overview

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville (referred to as UTK) is a Public, 4 years school located in Knoxville, TN.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/2000 - Current).

UTK Directory Information
School Name	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK)
Address	527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone	865-974-1000
Web	https://www.utk.edu
Online Application	https://vip.utk.edu
Financial Info	https://onestop.utk.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UTK is $13,620 for Tennessee residents and $32,108 for out-of-state students. The school has 6,766 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 33,805 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 278 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 10 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$32,108 $13,620 for Tennessee Residents
Student Population	6,766
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	278 graduate programs (10 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UTK is $13,620 for Tennessee residents and $32,108 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $639 for Tennessee residents and $1,650 for out-of-state students.

UTK offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Tennessee Residents	$13,620
Out-of-State	$32,108
Tuition per Credit Hour
Tennessee Residents	$639
Out-of-State	$1,650

UTK offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	10 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is $13,620 for Tennessee residents and $32,108 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.97% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,244	$1,876	$29,432	$2,376
2019-2020	$11,468	$1,912	$29,656	$2,142
2020-2021	$11,468	$1,912	$29,656	$2,142
2021-2022	$11,468	$1,912	$29,656	$2,142
2022-2023	$11,468	$1,912	$29,656	$2,142
2023-2024	$11,468	$2,152	$29,656	$2,452

The graduate school tuition & fees of UTK is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Tennessee. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Tennessee graduate tuition is $20,557 (public) / $20,515 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	$13,620	$32,108
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Tennessee Graduate Schools	$16,573	$20,098
Public	$11,434	$20,557
Private	$20,515

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,596 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UTK.

On-campus living costs are increased by 4.38% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,596. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.38% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,240	$5,666	$11,240	$5,666
2019-2020	$11,482	$5,666	$11,482	$5,666
2020-2021	$11,856	$5,780	$11,856	$5,780
2021-2022	$12,150	$5,666	$12,150	$5,666
2022-2023	$12,150	$5,666	$12,150	$5,666
2023-2024	$12,500	$6,096	$12,500	$6,096

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $650 for Tennessee residents and $1,666 for other students at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.97% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tennessee Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$626	$1,637
2019-2020	$639	$1,650
2020-2021	$639	$1,650
2021-2022	$639	$1,650
2022-2023	$639	$1,650
2023-2024	$650	$1,666

The law school tuition at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is $20,168 for Tennessee residents and $38,842 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school at UTK.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Tennessee Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Veterinary Medicine	$28,054	$1,832	$55,090	$2,062
Law	$16,696	$3,472	$35,140	$3,702

Graduate Programs at UTK

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville offers 190 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 2,516 students have completed their study at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Offered Degrees at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	78	0	1,752
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	59	1	400
Doctor's degree - other	2	0	203
Post Bachelor's Degree	51	8	161
Total	190	9	2,516

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Social Work (other) program with 88 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 243 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 120 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work (other)	✕	88	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	10	-
Music Pedagogy	✕	8	-
Educational Psychology	✕	6	-
Health Policy Analysis	✕	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	243	$38,500
Business Administration and Management	✕	211	$93,000
Library and Information Science	✕	127	$41,200
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	110	-
Accounting	✕	105	$62,300

Popular Doctorate Programs at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	120	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	83	-
Nursing Practice	✕	28	-
Chemistry	✕	21	-
Social Work	✔	21	-

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville offers 190 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 2,516 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,752 students have earned/completed Master's program.
203 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
161 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	71 completers	-
Agricultural Economics	✕	10	-
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	✕	31	-
Animal Sciences	✕	9	-
Food Science	✕	4	-
Plant Sciences	✕	3	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	10	-
Soil Chemistry and Physics	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Forestry	✕	6	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	5	-
Architecture [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Architecture	✕	19	-
Landscape Architecture	✕	30	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	37	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	28	-
Education [+]	✕	158 completers	-
Education	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	20	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	110	-
Engineering [+]	✕	178 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	14	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	3	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	4	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	4	-
Civil Engineering	✕	24	$68,300
Computer Engineering	✕	6	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	20	-
Engineering Science	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	5	-
Materials Engineering	✕	12	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	31	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	17	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	32	-
Engineering (other)	✕	6	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	-	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
German Language and Literature	✕	-	-
French Language and Literature	✕	1	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	11	$39,100
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	20 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Creative Writing	✕	6	-
Library Science [+]	✕	127 completers	$41,200
Library and Information Science	✕	127	$41,200
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	2	-
Ecology	✕	4	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	4	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	22	-
Statistics	✕	6	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	22	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✕	23	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	20	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	16	-
Psychology [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	10	-
Educational Psychology	✕	39	-
Human Services [+]	✕	262 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	19	-
Social Work	✕	243	$38,500
Social Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	6	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	5	-
Geography	✕	7	-
Political Science and Government	✕	4	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	8	-
Music	✕	38	$29,100
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	48 completers	-
Public Health	✕	27	$50,900
Health/Medical Physics	✕	6	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	15	$86,100
Business [+]	✕	485 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	211	$93,000
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	29	-
Accounting	✕	105	$62,300
Business/Managerial Economics	✕	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	14	-
Management Science	✕	16	$92,600
Business Statistics	✕	66	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	44	-
History [+]	✕	8 completers	-
History	✕	8	-
	Total	1,752

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Animal Sciences	✕	4	-
Food Science	✕	5	-
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management	✕	1	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	6	-
Education [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Education	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	4	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	✕	7	-
Engineering [+]	✕	113 completers	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	✕	2	-
Agricultural Engineering	✕	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	5	-
Civil Engineering	✕	11	-
Computer Engineering	✕	6	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	13	-
Engineering Science	✕	2	-
Materials Engineering	✕	16	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	16	-
Industrial Engineering	✕	10	-
Engineering (other)	✕	19	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	-	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Law	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	6 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	6	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	8	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	9	-
Ecology	✕	10	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	12	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Systems Science and Theory	✕	3	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	4	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	9	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	36 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	21	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	14	-
Psychology [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Psychology	✕	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)	✕	15	-
School Psychology	✕	6	-
Educational Psychology	✕	9	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	21 completers	-
Social Work	✔	21	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	2	-
Geography	✕	1	-
Political Science and Government	✕	6	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Nursing Science	✕	2	-
Nursing Practice	✕	28	-
Business [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Business/Managerial Economics	✕	1	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Management Science	✕	7	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	400

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	83 completers	-
Veterinary Medicine	✕	83	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	120 completers	-
Law	✕	120	-
	Total	203

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	-	-
Food Science	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	-	-
Nuclear Engineering	✕	4	-
Engineering (other)	✕	4	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Human Development and Family Studies	✕	2	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Educational Psychology	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	-	-
Music	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Health/Medical Physics	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	161

Graduate Student Population at UTK

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 6,766 students enrolled into The University of Tennessee-Knoxville graduate schools where it has total 33,805 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 3,988 full-time and 2,778 part-time graduate students. By gender, 2,938 male and 3,828 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,766	2,938	3,828
Full-time	3,988	1,693	2,295
Part-tme	2,778	1,245	1,533

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 4,697 White (69.42%), 366 Black/African American (5.41%), 307 Hispanic (4.54%), 180 Asian (2.66%), and 1,216 students with other races. 953 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,766	2,938	3,828
American Indian/Native American	14	6	8
Asian	180	87	93
Black/African American	366	136	230
Hispanic	307	120	187
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	4,697	1,904	2,793
Two More	177	68	109
Un-Known	69	32	37
Non-resident Alien	953	583	370

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,803 graduate students (26.65% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 591 graduate students (8.73% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	6,766
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,803
Enrolled Some Online Courses	591
Not in Online Courses	4,372

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. 2,601 students are aged 20 to 24 (38.44% of total students), 9 students are aged below 20 (0.13%), 227 students are aged above 50 (3.36%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,766	2,938	3,828
Age 18-19	9	1	8
Age 20-21	574	209	365
Age 22-24	2,027	823	1,204
Age 25-29	1,993	938	1,055
Age 30-34	934	460	474
Age 35-39	466	198	268
Age 40-49	536	218	318
Age 50-64	202	73	129
Over 64	25	18	7

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