Our institutions are located in over 90 of the 95 counties in Tennessee, and we offer a wide range of graduate programs leading to master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Our institutions credential over 38,000 Tennesseans each year, making them more marketable and better prepared for the 21st century workforce. Colleges and universities in Tennessee offer graduate programs ranging from master's programs in Agriculture to doctoral programs in Zoology. Our institutions offer master's programs in 23 fields, the Educational Specialist degree, doctoral work in 19 fields, and Law and Medicine. Moreover, over 31,000 students are enrolled throughout the state in graduate and professional programs.
Graduate students have many opportunities to engage in research at virtually all campuses.
Opportunities like the state's Centers of Excellence provide some key examples. Since 1984, these 26 research and development centers have produced ground-breaking basic and applied research, as well as generating millions of dollars to support their research endeavors from a variety of federal, state and private foundations. These Centers are investigating a plethora of research areas ranging from Creative Arts and Pediatric Pharmacokinetics to Livestock Diseases. We are happy that the achievements of these centers will continuously contribute to the research community and beyond. Several institutions and graduate programs have been listed in the 'Best National Universities' rankings published annually by 'U. S. News and World Report'.