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The University of Tennessee - Martin was awarded 42 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general agriculture.
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UT Martin landed the #1,620 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UT Martin held the #1,731 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UT Martin also holds the #32 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
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The University of Tennessee - Martin has an acceptance rate of 88%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for UT Martin.
About 2% of students accepted to UT Martin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 490 and 610.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, The University of Tennessee - Martin is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Tennessee - Martin is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at The University of Tennessee - Martin is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from UT Martin have a four-year graduation rate of 35%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,395 undergraduates at UT Martin with 4,668 being full-time and 1,727 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,005 | $10,351 | $13,585 | $16,192 | $16,573 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UT Martin, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UT Martin, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $5,461 a year. That adds up to $21,844 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UT Martin is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UT Martin are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 554 University Street, Martin, TN 38238 |
| Phone: | 731-881-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.utm.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 170 | $41,279 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 160 | $41,834 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 150 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 100 | $30,587 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 97 | $36,242 |
| General Agriculture | 88 | $39,438 |
| Nursing | 54 | $71,727 |
| Educational Administration | 46 | NA |
| Accounting | 44 | $48,101 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 38 | $45,325 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 2,658 students took at least one online class at The University of Tennessee - Martin. This is a decrease from the 2,746 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,658 | 1,612 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,746 | 1,612 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,255 | 2,205 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,124 | 1,540 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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