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Studying in Tennessee
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The Tennessee Board of Regents, the University of Tennessee, and
the state's regionally accredited Independent Colleges and
Universities make up one of the largest systems of higher
education in the nation, with over 90 campuses and over 250,000
students. Our institutions are located in over 90 of the 95
counties in Tennessee, and we offer a wide range of graduate
programs leading to master's, doctoral, and professional
degrees. Our institutions credential over 38,000 Tennesseans
each year, making them more marketable and better prepared for
the 21st century workforce.
Colleges and universities in Tennessee offer graduate programs
ranging from master's programs in Agriculture to doctoral
programs in Zoology. Our institutions offer master's programs in
23 fields, the Educational Specialist degree, doctoral work in
19 fields, and Law and Medicine. Moreover, over 31,000 students
are enrolled throughout the state in graduate and professional
programs. Graduate students have many opportunities to engage in
research at virtually all campuses. Opportunities like the
state's Centers of Excellence provide some key examples. Since
1984, these 26 research and development centers have produced
ground-breaking basic and applied research, as well as
generating millions of dollars to support their research
endeavors from a variety of federal, state and private
foundations. These Centers are investigating a plethora of
research areas ranging from Creative Arts and Pediatric
Pharmacokinetics to Livestock Diseases. We are happy that the
achievements of these centers will continuously contribute to
the research community and beyond.
It is important to note that graduate programs in the
Health-related professions, Education, Business, and Engineering
awarded the most degrees during the 1997-1998 school year.
Several institutions and graduate programs have been listed in
the 'Best National Universities' rankings published annually by
'U. S. News and World Report'.
The majority of our programs are equally distributed, across
disciplines, throughout the western, middle, and eastern regions
of the state. However, there is a highly concentrated number of
graduate programs in Education, the Biological and Physical
Sciences and the Health-related professions in middle Tennessee,
and a large number of graduate programs in Agriculture and
Engineering in the eastern region of the state. Meanwhile, the
western region offers a remarkable number of graduate programs
in Philosophy, Religion and Theology.
The relocation of several major corporations to the state,
combined with many new partnerships with state and
private/corporate agencies have created a wealth of new
opportunities and resources available for collaborative
education initiatives, internships, and employment. These
improvements will ultimately lead Tennesseans to achieve higher
levels of income and prosperity that will be enhanced with
quality graduate programs.
Statistics have shown that enrollment patterns in the state are
quite fluid. However, more and more students over the age of 25
are returning for post-baccalaureate and advanced training, a
population most needed to meet the human resource needs of
business, industry and government in the state. Improvements are
already under way to better serve adult students and the goal of
lifelong learning across the state and across disciplines,
through initiatives of strategic master planning and performance
funding. Thus, the range of graduate education, opportunities
for basic and applied research, and partnerships with businesses
allow the State of Tennessee to attract quality graduate
students from around the world.
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