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Tennessee colleges: career services and alumni support

83 colleges in Tennessee, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The Tennessee job market

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 83

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Tennessee workforce boards · Tennessee by county and city

Colleges in Tennessee

Colleges in Tennessee
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
American Baptist CollegeNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year46Claim page
Austin Peay State UniversityClarksvillePublic 4-year7,560Claim page
Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year770Claim page
Belmont UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year7,137Claim page
Bethel UniversityMcKenziePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,547Claim page
Bryan College-DaytonDaytonPrivate nonprofit 4-year814Claim page
Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson CityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,387Claim page
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical CareersChattanoogaPrivate for-profit 2-year252Claim page
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanoogaPublic 2-year5,284Claim page
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year905Claim page
Cleveland State Community CollegeClevelandPublic 2-year1,975Claim page
Columbia State Community CollegeColumbiaPublic 2-year3,897Claim page
Concorde Career College-MemphisMemphisPrivate for-profit 2-year517Claim page
Cumberland UniversityLebanonPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,104Claim page
Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburgPublic 2-year2,103Claim page
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityPublic 4-year10,004Claim page
Fisk UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,035Claim page
Fortis Institute-CookevilleCookevillePrivate for-profit 2-year334Claim page
Fortis Institute-NashvilleNashvillePrivate for-profit 2-year393Claim page
Freed-Hardeman UniversityHendersonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,212Claim page
Galen Health Institutes-Nashville CampusNashvillePrivate for-profit 4-year1,027Claim page
Herzing University-NashvilleNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year201Claim page
Jackson State Community CollegeJacksonPublic 2-year2,511Claim page
John A Gupton CollegeNashvillePrivate nonprofit 2-year166Claim page
Johnson UniversityKnoxvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year743Claim page
King UniversityBristolPrivate nonprofit 4-year908Claim page
Lane CollegeJacksonPrivate nonprofit 4-year736Claim page
Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year581Claim page
Lee UniversityClevelandPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,617Claim page
Lincoln College of Technology-NashvilleNashvillePrivate for-profit 2-year967Claim page
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogatePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,572Claim page
Lipscomb UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,997Claim page
Maryville CollegeMaryvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,005Claim page
Meharry Medical CollegeNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Memphis Theological SeminaryMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Meridian Institute of Surgical AssistingNashvillePrivate for-profit 2-year805Claim page
Mid-South Christian CollegeMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year19Claim page
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia IncMadisonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboroPublic 4-year16,301Claim page
Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanoogaPrivate for-profit 4-year4,462Claim page
Milligan UniversityMilliganPrivate nonprofit 4-year818Claim page
Motlow State Community CollegeTullahomaPublic 2-year3,962Claim page
Nashville Film InstituteNashvillePrivate for-profit 2-year60Claim page
Nashville State Community CollegeNashvillePublic 2-year5,653Claim page
North Central InstituteClarksvillePrivate for-profit 2-year61Claim page
Northeast State Community CollegeBlountvillePublic 2-year4,404Claim page
Nossi College of Art and DesignNashvillePrivate for-profit 4-year247Claim page
Omega Graduate SchoolDaytonPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxvillePublic 2-year6,715Claim page
Pentecostal Theological SeminaryClevelandPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphisPrivate nonprofit 2-year331Claim page
Remington College-Nashville CampusNashvillePrivate nonprofit 2-year280Claim page
Rhodes CollegeMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,836Claim page
Richmont Graduate UniversityChattanoogaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Roane State Community CollegeHarrimanPublic 2-year3,250Claim page
SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashvillePrivate for-profit 4-year1,712Claim page
South CollegeKnoxvillePrivate for-profit 4-year8,745Claim page
Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedalePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,773Claim page
Southern College of OptometryMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphisPublic 2-year5,047Claim page
Strayer University-TennesseeMemphisPrivate for-profit 4-year1,784Claim page
Tennessee Board of RegentsNashvillePublic 2-yearClaim page
Tennessee State UniversityNashvillePublic 4-year4,848Claim page
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookevillePublic 4-year8,698Claim page
Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthensPrivate nonprofit 4-year846Claim page
The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphisPublic 4-year394Claim page
The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaskiPublic 4-year864Claim page
The University of Tennessee System OfficeKnoxvillePublic 4-yearClaim page
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanoogaPublic 4-year10,074Claim page
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxvillePublic 4-year30,418Claim page
The University of Tennessee-MartinMartinPublic 4-year4,866Claim page
The University of the SouthSewaneePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,607Claim page
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,737Claim page
Tusculum UniversityGreenevillePrivate nonprofit 4-year785Claim page
Union UniversityJacksonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,607Claim page
University of MemphisMemphisPublic 4-year12,701Claim page
Vanderbilt UniversityNashvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year7,208Claim page
Visible Music CollegeMemphisPrivate nonprofit 4-year79Claim page
Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatinPublic 2-year5,339Claim page
Walters State Community CollegeMorristownPublic 2-year3,591Claim page
Welch CollegeGallatinPrivate nonprofit 4-year226Claim page
William R Moore College of TechnologyMemphisPrivate nonprofit 2-year366Claim page
Williamson Christian CollegeFranklinPrivate nonprofit 4-year41Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Tennessee

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Higher education conferences in Tennessee

Conferences for college and university staff held in Tennessee: admissions, student affairs, advancement, institutional leadership. 2 with dates announced.

  • NACSACon (NACSA Leadership Conference)

    Oct 27 to Oct 29, 2026 · Nashville, TN

    Ticket $785 to $935. Regular rate to Oct 24: member $785, nonmember $935; single day $400/$475.

  • Slate Summit

    Jun 2 to Jun 4, 2027 · Nashville, TN

    Paid ticket, price not listed

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Work in career services or alumni relations at a Tennessee college?

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Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tennessee unemployment benefits.

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