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.
