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FAST FACTS

Enrollment: 26,802 — 21,132 undergrad; 5,670 graduate

Faculty & staff: 8,300, with 1,550 full-time instructional faculty (81% of whom hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree in their field)

Campus size: 550 acres, 220 buildings

Research (dollars awarded'08): $175.5 million

Degree programs: More than 300

Degrees awarded ('05-'06): 5,700

UTK Alumni: 219,656

Young Alumni: 52,000

Founded: 1794

Founded as: Blount College

Founder: William Blount

Current Knoxville Campus Chancellor: Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek

Current University President: Dr. Jan Simek (interim)

Oldest Campus Building: South College (On the Hill)

Football Stadium: Neyland Stadium (Capacity: 102,037)

Basketball Arena: Thompson Boling Arena (Capacity: 21,000)

Nationally Ranked Program: UT’s business school ranks 24th among business colleges at public universities.

Best Value: Kiplinger has named UT a top 50 “best value” among American universities.

High Tech: Kaplan named UT as one of the nation’s top 25 “cutting edge schools.”

Great Grades: The middle 50 percent of the fall 2008 admitted class had score ranges of 1110-1290 (SAT-CR+M) or 25-29 (ACT) and a core high school GPA range of 3.38-3.99.

 

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