| Student FTE Enrollment - Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Austin Peay | 3,378 | 3,187 | 3,327 | 3,299 | 3,461 | 3,640 | 3,789 | 4,001 | 4,112 | 4,079 | 4,107 | 4,091 | 4,389 | 4,306 | 4,067 | 4,015 | 4,160 | 3,983 | 4,630 | 4,629 | 5,440 | 5,709 | 5,992 | 5,740 | 5,763 | 6,072 | 5,968 | 5,816 | 5,721 | 5,671 | 5,769 | 6,079 | 6,278 | ||||
| East Tennessee | 8,107 | 8,028 | 7,946 | 7,717 | 8,690 | 8,564 | 8,429 | 8,181 | 8,348 | 7,697 | 7,861 | 7,907 | 8,060 | 7,963 | 7,986 | 7,984 | 8,213 | 8,728 | 9,066 | 9,218 | 9,547 | 9,425 | 9,076 | 9,061 | 9,105 | 9,202 | 9,303 | 9,549 | 9,402 | 9,122 | 9,271 | 9,431 | 9,707 | ||||
| Memphis State | 15,262 | 15,157 | 15,345 | 16,095 | 16,669 | 15,939 | 15,836 | 15,683 | 15,495 | 15,218 | 15,007 | 15,524 | 16,483 | 15,860 | 15,348 | 14,838 | 15,144 | 15,285 | 15,532 | 15,610 | 15,421 | 15,254 | 15,317 | 15,177 | 15,495 | 15,001 | 15,452 | 15,771 | 15,909 | 15,613 | 15,890 | 15,696 | 15,720 | ||||
| Middle Tennessee | 8,226 | 8,537 | 8,631 | 8,938 | 9,352 | 9,140 | 9,157 | 9,109 | 9,467 | 9,788 | 9,593 | 9,645 | 9,969 | 9,794 | 9,854 | 9,915 | 10,398 | 11,388 | 12,151 | 12,751 | 13,346 | 14,239 | 14,629 | 14,226 | 14,504 | 14,916 | 15,455 | 15,655 | 16,173 | 16,339 | 17,125 | 18,151 | 18,735 | ||||
| Tennessee State | 4,375 | 4,418 | 4,033 | 4,347 | 4,633 | 4,943 | 4,525 | 4,889 | 6,473 | 6,588 | 6,091 | 6,128 | 6,134 | 5,796 | 5,232 | 5,134 | 5,426 | 5,815 | 5,805 | 5,690 | 5,802 | 5,957 | 6,110 | 6,438 | 6,787 | 7,007 | 7,168 | 7,383 | 7,629 | 7,431 | 7,425 | 7,703 | 7,716 | ||||
| Tennessee Tech | 5,959 | 6,102 | 6,081 | 6,027 | 6,222 | 6,269 | 6,422 | 6,517 | 6,905 | 7,403 | 7,369 | 7,458 | 7,340 | 7,068 | 7,136 | 6,902 | 7,061 | 7,371 | 7,080 | 7,297 | 7,071 | 7,473 | 7,472 | 7,353 | 7,303 | 7,230 | 7,287 | 7,112 | 7,227 | 7,212 | 7,327 | 7,554 | 7,509 | ||||
| UT Chattanooga* | -- | -- | 3,960 | 3,983 | 3,907 | 3,942 | 4,447 | 4,755 | 4,893 | 5,042 | 5,356 | 5,739 | 5,709 | 5,804 | 6,058 | 5,764 | 5,861 | 5,727 | 5,557 | 5,769 | 5,850 | 6,000 | 6,216 | 6,375 | 6,515 | 6,438 | 6,540 | 6,608 | 6,816 | 7,040 | 7,019 | 6,832 | 6,955 | 7,050 | 7,138 | ||
| UT Knoxville** | 22,605 | 23,339 | 23,631 | 24,754 | 26,407 | 25,883 | 26,290 | 25,554 | 25,958 | 25,918 | 24,294 | 22,876 | 22,564 | 21,625 | 20,924 | 21,298 | 21,695 | 20,569 | 20,885 | 21,094 | 21,300 | 21,903 | 21,205 | 21,095 | 20,996 | 21,069 | 21,389 | 21,998 | 22,782 | 22,465 | 22,654 | 22,700 | 22,236 | ||||
| UT Martin | 4,703 | 4,723 | 4,702 | 4,708 | 4,854 | 4,874 | 4,665 | 4,652 | 4,828 | 5,005 | 5,153 | 5,129 | 5,115 | 4,857 | 4,572 | 4,531 | 4,473 | 4,283 | 4,744 | 5,055 | 5,210 | 5,333 | 5,313 | 5,308 | 5,497 | 5,376 | 5,607 | 5,480 | 5,278 | 5,324 | 5,379 | 5,311 | 5,265 | ||||
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76,575 | 77,474 | 77,603 | 79,827 | 84,735 | 84,007 | 84,006 | 83,628 | 86,942 | 87,435 | 85,184 | 84,562 | 86,112 | 83,033 | 80,980 | 80,344 | 82,127 | 83,191 | 85,743 | 87,344 | 89,353 | 91,668 | 91,629 | 90,836 | 91,990 | 92,481 | 94,445 | 95,804 | 97,140 | 96,009 | 97,795 | 99,673 | 100,304 |
| * Prior to 1969, UT Chattanooga was a private institution and was not included in public enrollment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** Prior to 1976, UT Space Institute was included in UT Knoxville enrollment numbers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: Statistical Abstract of Tennessee Higher Education, THEC Basic Enrollment Reports, THEC Status of Appropriation reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| THEC, minutes of called meetings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||