Tennessee Colleges and Scholarships

Matching Tennessee Colleges

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Four or more years; Public; $29,522 average out-state tuition; $11,332 average in-state tuition

Vanderbilt University

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $54,840 average out-state tuition; $54,840 average in-state tuition

Middle Tennessee State University

Four or more years; Public; $26,376 average out-state tuition; $7,344 average in-state tuition

University of Memphis

Four or more years; Public; $12,384 average out-state tuition; $8,352 average in-state tuition

Tennessee State University

Four or more years; Public; $20,484 average out-state tuition; $7,128 average in-state tuition

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Four or more years; Public; $24,110 average out-state tuition; $7,992 average in-state tuition

Belmont University

Four or more years; Private not for profit; $36,650 average out-state tuition; $36,650 average in-state tuition

Tennessee College Scholarships

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Tennessee HOPE Scholarship

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

Up to $2,850 September 01, 2024 See Details
 

Tennessee HOPE Scholarship

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

award

Up to $2,850

deadline

September 01, 2024
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Leighton M. Ballew Directing Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

$2,500 April 15, 2024 See Details
 

Leighton M. Ballew Directing Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

award

$2,500

deadline

April 15, 2024
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Tennessee Student Assistance Award Program

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

Up to $4,000 Varies See Details
 

Tennessee Student Assistance Award Program

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

award

Up to $4,000

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

Robert Porterfield Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

$2,000 April 15, 2024 See Details
 

Robert Porterfield Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

award

$2,000

deadline

April 15, 2024
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Aspire Award - Tennessee Student Assistance Corp.

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

$1,500 Varies See Details
 

Aspire Award - Tennessee Student Assistance Corp.

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

award

$1,500

deadline

Varies
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Marian A. Smith Scholarship Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

$1,500 April 15, 2024 See Details
 

Marian A. Smith Scholarship Award

Southeastern Theatre Conference, Inc.

award

$1,500

deadline

April 15, 2024
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General Assembly Merit Scholarship

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

$1,000 Varies See Details
 

General Assembly Merit Scholarship

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation

award

$1,000

deadline

Varies
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Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

Varies Varies See Details
 

Intel PhD Fellowship Program

Intel Foundation

award

Varies

deadline

Varies
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Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

Varies July 01, 2024 See Details
 

Arkansas Health Education Grant Program

Arkansas Department of Higher Education

award

Varies

deadline

July 01, 2024
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About

Tennessee (/ˌtɛnəˈsiː/ (listen), locally /ˈtɛnəsi/; Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, translit. Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, with a population of 660,388. Tennessee's second largest city is Memphis, which has a population of 652,717.

The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.

Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia, and more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined. Beginning during Reconstruction, it had competitive party politics, but a Democratic takeover in the late 1880s resulted in passage of disenfranchisement laws that excluded most blacks and many poor whites from voting. This sharply reduced competition in politics in the state until after passage of civil rights legislation in the mid-20th century. In the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from an agrarian economy to a more diversified economy, aided by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority and, in the early 1940s, the city of Oak Ridge. This city was established to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities, helping to build the world's first atomic bombs, two of which were dropped on Imperial Japan near the end of World War II.

Tennessee's major industries include agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. Poultry, soybeans, and cattle are the state's primary agricultural products, and major manufacturing exports include chemicals, transportation equipment, and electrical equipment. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is headquartered in the eastern part of the state, and a section of the Appalachian Trail roughly follows the Tennessee-North Carolina border. Other major tourist attractions include the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga; Dollywood in Pigeon Forge; Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies and Ober Gatlinburg in Gatlinburg; the Parthenon, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville; the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg; Elvis Presley's Graceland residence and tomb, the Memphis Zoo, the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis; and Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol.

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