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We Are Awesome

Here is why.

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  • UT is ranked in the top 100 of the best value colleges in the US.

    —US News and World Report 2019

  • A record number of donors, 61.6 percent of our faculty and staff, made donations to UT’s Big Orange Family Campaign.

    —University Advancement 2019

  • Thanks to the generosity of more than 47,000 donors, UT funded student scholarships, hired new faculty, and made campus improvements with more than $173 million raised for the fiscal year.

    —University Advancement 2019

  • Donors to UT contributed more than $42 million for merit and need-based undergraduate scholarships during 2017-18.

    —Alumni Affairs and Development 2018

  • 93% of entering UT freshmen — and 89% of all undergraduates — received financial aid and scholarships from federal, state, and private sources.

    —Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships 2017-18

  • Eighty-four percent of UT graduates are working full-time, part-time, or enrolled in graduate school six months after graduation.

    —Center for Career Development 2019

  • College of Law graduates remain successful finding jobs, keeping the school’s post graduation employment rates among its highest in 5 years.

    —College of Law 2019

  • The College of Law Class of 2019 raised over $110,000 for student scholarships, the largest philanthropic investment made by a graduating class in the law school’s nearly 130-year history.

    —College of Law 2019

  • UT alumni earn the highest-post graduation incomes of all public universities in Tennessee.

    —Center for Career Development 2018

  • UT awarded 643 study abroad scholarships totaling $571,250 for the 2017-18 academic year.

    —Center for International Education 2017

  • UT makes an annual impact of $1.7 billion on the Tennessee economy.

    —Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research 2018