Former names | Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes (1912–1925) Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal College (1925–1927) Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College (1927–1968) |
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Motto | Think. Work. Serve |
Type | Public, historically black land-grant university |
Established | June 19, 1912 |
Accreditation | SACS |
Academic affiliation | |
Endowment | $91.1 million (2021)[1] |
President | Ronald A. Johnson (interim) |
Provost | Robbie K. Melton (interim) |
Academic staff | 377 full-time & 114 part-time[2] |
Students | 9,218 (Fall 2022)[3] |
Undergraduates | 7,678 (Fall 2022) |
Location | , , 37209 , United States 36°10′00″N 86°49′50″W / 36.16667°N 86.83056°W |
Campus | Large city, 903 acres (365 ha) |
Colors | Blue and white[4] |
Nickname | Tigers and Lady Tigers |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I – OVC |
Website | www |
Tennessee State University Historic District | |
Location | 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Architect | Marr & Holman, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 96000677 |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 1996 |
Tennessee State University (Tennessee State, Tenn State, or TSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.[5] Tennessee State University offers 41 bachelor's degrees, 23 master's degrees, and eight doctoral degrees.[6][7] It is classified as "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[8]