#T-186, overall score 33.83/100
Fun Fact:
The Guinness World Record for largest attendance at a football game was broken in 2016 when 130,045 fans attended the Tennessee-Virginia Tech game at Bristol Motor Speedway. Tennessee won 45-24.
CAMPUS INFORMATION
- Location: Knoxville, Tenn.
- Region: South
- Campus type: Small city
- Public/Private: Public
- Undergraduate enrollment: 22,139
- Jewish undergraduate enrollment: 350
- Jewish population share: 2%
- Student origin: 87% in-state / 13% out-of-state
- Student newspaper: The Daily Beacon
- NCAA Division: I
- NCAA team: Volunteers
- Ultimate Frisbee teams: Agent Orange / Big Orange Screw
COST & AID Score: 6.17/15
- Score: 6.17/15
- In-state tuition: $12,970
- Out-of-state tuition: $31,160
- Room & board costs: $10,696
- Average annual scholarship/grant package: $8,826
- Average loan debt: $21,872
ACADEMICS Score: 3.33/20
- Score: 3.33/20
- Acceptance rate: 77%
- Student/faculty ratio: 17:1
- Median SAT range: 1140-1310
- Jewish Studies program: The Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies
- Jewish Studies major: Yes
- Hebrew major: No
ISRAEL Score: 10/20
- Score: 10/20
- Size of Birthright trip: 6
- Israel Studies center: No
- Israel-related clubs: None
- BDS vote in last four years: Never introduced
SAFETY Score: 7.67/11
- Score: 7.67/11
- Anti-Semitic incidents in 2017: 0
- Campus crime rate: 2.96/1,000 students (medium low)
- City crime rate: 64.29/1,000 people (high)
- LGBT center: Yes
JEWISH LIFE Score: 6.67/34
- Score: 6.67/34
- Hillel: Hillel at the University of Tennessee
- Chabad: Chabad of Knoxville
- OU-JLIC: No
- Jewish fraternities: AEPi
- Jewish sororities: None
- Synagogues within 10 miles: 2 (1 Conservative, 1 Reform)
- Eruv: No
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