This fall, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business welcomed approximately 2,568 new undergraduates to begin the 2025-2026 academic year. This class breaks the record of 2,368 new undergrad enrollees who began in 2024. Haslam also set a new high for total undergraduate enrollment with 9,816 students enrolled, and its rate of 94 percent of its first-year students retained from 2024 is also a record. Finance, marketing and management and entrepreneurship saw the largest influx of new students.
Lane Morris, Haslam’s associate dean of undergraduate studies and student affairs and the Fisher Professor of Innovative Learning, believes the college’s enrollment growth reflects prospective students’ attraction to the high-quality educational experience Haslam strives to provide every student.
“Haslam faculty and staff are dedicated to equipping our graduates with the skills, tools and training to become leaders in both Tennessee’s workforce and around the globe,” Morris said. “The college’s continued enrollment growth shows this preparation is sought by students who desire a strong business foundation. High-caliber students know that, at Haslam, they will receive an unparalleled learning experience delivered by faculty who are leaders in their fields. The experiential learning gained in the classroom combined with invaluable co-curricular opportunities available to them enables students to put themselves in the upper echelons of academic achievement, prepared to enter the business world and make immediate contributions to their employers’ goals.”
New Haslam Students by the Numbers
Haslam’s newcomers include 2,048 first-time, first-year students and 520 transfers, representing 47 U.S. states, as well as nine other countries. These first-year students set more records with their impressive academic and testing grades and test scores: Their average high school GPA was 4.17, average ACT score was 28.3 and average SAT score was 1322 — all new record highs for the college.
About the Haslam College of BusinessUndergraduate Programs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The undergraduate programs in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sets the standard in developing future business leaders, with more than 9,000 undergraduate students, 290 faculty and 200 staff members. The programs consist of seven departments, eight undergraduate majors and one secondary major. UT was founded in 1794 and was designated Tennessee’s land‑grant institution in 1879, while the Haslam College of Business was founded in 1914.
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