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TICUA Highlights

 

 

Overview

  • TICUA membership includes 31 four-year colleges and universities, and 3 professional colleges.

Participation

  • Nearly 77,750 students are enrolled in TICUA institutions, about half of which are students who graduated from high school in Tennessee.
  • TICUA member colleges and universities enroll students from every county in the state.
  • About a quarter of the undergraduate students attending TICUA member colleges and universities identify as non-white. 

Affordability

  • Historically, the median family income of students attending one of the state’s four-year private colleges or universities is less than the median family income of students attending one of the state’s four-year public colleges and universities. 

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    Financial Aid
    • About 90% of first-time, full-time students attending TICUA member institutions receive some form of financial aid.
    • For every $1 the state spends on higher education, $.02 goes to students attending private colleges and universities through the Tennessee Student Assistance Awaard (TSAA) grant.  This funding reaches over 4,700 low-income students a year at an average award amount of $3,916.
    • In fall 2011, 12,594 students attending TICUA institutions received the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS).
    • In fall 2011,  one-third of all undergraduate students (18,920) attending TICUA member institutions received the Federal Pell Grant award. The average yearly award amount for these students was $4,459. 
  • Tuition and Fees
    • In fall 2011, undergraduate tuition and fees at TICUA member colleges and universities average 27% less than the national average to attend a private college or university ($20,817 compared to $28,500).

 

Degree Completion

 

  • TICUA institutions award more degrees than any other sector in the state.
  • In 2010-11, our member colleges and universities graduated more than 3,300 business and management leaders, 3,700 educators, and 3,000 health care professionals. Private institutions also awarded more than 1,700 degrees in STEM majors - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.