Private Tennessee Colleges

Vanderbilt University

• Vanderbilt University is one of the largest of Tennessee's private colleges with a total enrollment of approximately 12,000 students. The university offers over forty undergraduate and graduate degree programs in eleven schools; including law, medicine, nursing, music, engineering and divinity. Vanderbilt is home to an athletic department that is active in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA Division I.

  Vanderbilt University
  1000 Oman Drive
  Brentwood, TN 37027-4143
  615-373-4897
  vanderbilt.edu

University of the South (Sewanee)

• The University of the South, also known as Sewanee, is a small liberal arts college affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Undergraduate students may pursue degrees in thirty-six areas of study while graduate students may pursue advanced degrees in ministry, theology, divinity, preaching or Anglican studies. In 2006, Sewanee created the School of Letters which offers summer masters degree programs in English and creative writing .

  University of the South
  735 University Avenue
  Sewanee, TN 37383-1000
  931-598-1000
  sewanee.edu

Memphis College of Art

• The Memphis College of Art is a professional center for art and design. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in digital media, drawing, graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, animation and digital film making. Students have opportunities to participate in artist exchange programs in New York City, Rome, London, Berlin, Moscow and Mexico City.

  Memphis College of Art
  1930 Poplar Avenue
  Memphis, TN 38112
  901-347-3841
  mca.edu

Rhodes College

• Rhodes College offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to its approximately 1,700 enrolled students in 32 areas of study, including business administration, accounting, archaeology, neuroscience, biochemistry, film studies and environmental science. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and emphasizes service to others as an important aspect of its curriculum.

  Rhodes College
  2000 N Parkway
  Memphis, TN 38112-1690
  901-843-3000
  rhodes.edu

Tennessee Wesleyan College

• Tennessee Wesleyan College is a small liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Total enrollment is just over 1,000 students, who may pursue degrees in twenty-five areas of study; including behavioral science, pre-seminary studies, music, sports science and nursing. The college also offers six pre-professional programs in medicine, law, optometry, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

  Tennessee Wesleyan College
  204 East College Street
  Athens, TN 37303-3604
  423-745-6985
  twcnet.edu