Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University
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)
Motto	Think. Work. Serve
Type	Public, historically black land-grant university
Established	June 19, 1912
Accreditation	SACS
Academic affiliation	ORAU; TMCF;
Endowment	$91.1 million (2021)
President	Glenda Glover
Provost	Michael Harris (interim)
Academic staff	377 full-time & 114 part-time
Students	9,218 (Fall 2022)
Undergraduates	7,678 (Fall 2022)
Postgraduates	1,540 (Fall 2022)
Location	Nashville, Tennessee, 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;
Nickname	Tigers and Lady Tigers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I – OVC
Website	www.tnstate.edu
	Tennessee State University Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. 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]

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