TSU Total Facts
TSU is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university founded in 1912.  The 500-acre main campus, with more than 65 buildings, is located in a residential setting; the Avon Williams Campus is located downtown, near the center of the Nashville business and government district.

Main Campus: Campus Center & Humanities Building

 ACCREDITATION: Tennessee State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate, Bachelor''''''''s, Master''''''''s, Specialist in Education, and Doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Tennessee State University.

HISTORY:  Organized as the Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School in 1909; began serving students on June 19, 1912; raised to the status of a four-year teachers'''''''' college in 1922; elevated to full-fledged land-grant university status by the Tennessee State Board of Education in 1958.

LOCATION:  TSU is located in Nashville (population 600,000), the state capital and second largest city in Tennessee.  Popularly known as "Music City USA" and "The Athens of the South," Nashville is a thriving center of government, banking, insurance, publishing, healthcare, art, culture, and education.  
CARNEGIE CLASS:  Doctoral/Research Intensive
TUITION: (Per Semester) Undergraduate: $2443 full-time tuition in-state, $7581 full-time out-of-state; Graduate: $3137 full-time in-state; $8275 full-time out-of-state

FINANCIAL AID: TSU has a strong commitment to assist students seeking financial aid. Types of aid available include grants, scholarships, loans, and employment.  FICE School Code: 003522.
FACULTY: 434 full-time, 167 part-time
ENROLLMENT: (Fall 2005): 7112 undergraduate, 1926 Graduate; 9038 total
SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE: 45.3% (1999-2005 Freshmen Cohort)

DEGREES AWARDED: 1633
STUDENT ORIGINS: 42 states and 45 countries
STUDENT RESIDENCY: 74.4% State of Tennessee residents
STUDENT ETHNIC DIVERSITY: 75% Black, 22% White, 3% Other
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 22 students

CAMPUS COMPUTING: The university maintains technology-enabled classrooms, numerous computer labs located both in academic buildings and student housing, a student information portal (myTSU), and a Help Desk.  All core services--including admissions, registration, and bill payment--can be conducted online.

LIBRARY: The three-story Martha M. Brown/Lois H. Daniel Library has an impressive collection of resources supporting the college curriculum as well as the research needs of those in the surrounding areas.  The library houses more than 420,000 books, 1500 microform titles, 1775 periodicals and a wide variety of online database services.  Also included in the 82,000 square-foot building are rooms devoted to collections highlighting the university''''''''s rich and colorful history.

DEGREE PROGRAMS: 

CAMPUS COMPUTING: The university maintains technology-enabled classrooms, numerous computer labs located both in academic buildings and student housing, a student information portal (myTSU), and a Help Desk.  All core services--including admissions, registration, and bill payment--can be conducted online. 

• College of Arts and Sciences: Africana Studies (B.S.), Art (B.S.), Arts & Sciences, Biology (B.S., M.S.), Biological Sciences (Ph.D.), Chemistry (B.S., M.S.), Criminal Justice (B.S., M.C.J.), English (B.A., M.A.), Foreign Languages (B.A.), History (B.A.), Interdisciplinary Studies (B.I.S), Mathematics (B.S.), Mathematical Sciences (M.S), Music (B.S., M.A.), Physics (B.S.), Political Science (B.S.), Professional Studies (B.P.S.), Social Work (B.S.), Sociology (B.S.), S