While no college or university houses its main campus within the city , these institutions have branch campuses in Kingsport : King , Lincoln Memorial , Milligan , Northeast State , Tusculum and Tennessee are all located in the Kingsport Center for Higher Education complex in downtown Kingsport .
While no college or university houses its main campus within the city , Northeast State Technical Community College , East Tennessee State University , and University of Tennessee have branch campuses in Kingsport .