The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee · Public · 10,074 undergraduates · utc.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
72%
of 12,313 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
983 to 1150
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$30,040Est.Estimate
$38,940 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
72% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$38,940
a year in 2027-28, from a $38,940 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1080
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- Send official score reports when you apply.
Source: Freshman Requirements | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Dec1Other deadline · December 1, 2026
- Jan21Other deadline · January 21, 2027
- May1Priority deadline · May 1, 2027Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
Who gets in
72%
of applicants were admitted: 8,819 of 12,313 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 6.9% of them sent SAT scores and 93% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 983 to 1150
Reading and Writing 510 to 610
Math 480 to 560
ACT composite 20 to 25
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16000.6%
- 1200 to 139916%
- 1000 to 119956%
- 800 to 99925%
- 600 to 7991.8%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.62
- 4.025%
- 3.75 to 3.9923%
- 3.50 to 3.7419%
- 3.25 to 3.4916%
- 3.00 to 3.249.1%
- 2.50 to 2.997%
- Below 2.500.6%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$30,040
a year, in state
$38,940
a year, out of state (tuition $20,310)
- Tuition (in state)$11,410
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$10,407
- $30,001 to $48,000$11,168
- $48,001 to $75,000$12,969
- $75,001 to $110,000$17,871
- Over $110,000$21,059
Financial aid
66%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$12,398
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 12/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Also asks for
- Scholarship Application
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Tennessee programs for residents
Ned McWherter Scholars Program
$6,000 a year
State program · In-state students
- 3.75+ GPA, 1430+ SAT or 32+ ACT, Competitive merit award; application with transcript through first semester of senior year and official ACT/SAT; competitive, limited funding
Aspire Award
State program · In-state students
Up to $750/semester (4-year) or up to $250/semester (2-year) in addition to HOPE
- 3.00+ GPA, 1060+ SAT or 21+ ACT, Need-based HOPE supplement; meet HOPE requirements and parents' (or independent student's and spouse's) AGI of $36,000 or less
General Assembly Merit Scholarship (GAMS)
State program · In-state students
Up to $500/semester in addition to HOPE (including summer)
- 3.75+ GPA, 1330+ SAT or 29+ ACT, HOPE supplement (TN public or category 1-3 private HS graduates); must meet HOPE Scholarship requirements; FAFSA, from Tennessee
Tennessee HOPE Scholarship
State program · In-state students
4-year (and 2-year with housing): up to $2,250/semester freshman & sophomore, up to $2,850/semester junior & senior; 2-year: up to $1,600/semester
- 3.00+ GPA, 1060+ SAT or 21+ ACT, HOPE Scholarship (entering freshmen); enroll within 16 months of HS graduation; FAFSA
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
39 of 39
Earn credit with a score of 3
29 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,140Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 1XXX (Lower Division) |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 1XXX (Lower Division) |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | ART 2140 |
| Art History | 4 | 6 | ART 2140 & ART 2150 |
| Biology | 3 | 8 | BIOL 1110 & BIOL 1120 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 1950 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 8 | MATH 1950 & MATH 1960 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHEM 1110/1110L |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHEM 1110/1110L & CHEM 1120/1120L |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | FLNG 1010 & 1020 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | FLNG 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | FLNG 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 4 | CPSC 1100 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | ART 1XXX (Lower Division) |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 1010 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENGL 1010 & ENGL 1020 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 1330 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 8 | ESC 1500 & ESC 1510 |
| European History | 4 | 3 | HIST 2220 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | FREN 1010 & 1020 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | FREN 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | FREN 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | GER 1010 & 1020 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | GER 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | GER 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1040 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | ITAL 1010 & 1020 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | ITAL 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | ITAL 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 6 | FLNG 1010 & 1020 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 9 | FLNG 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | FLNG 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| Latin | 4 | 12 | LAT 1010, 1020 , 2010 & 2020 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 1010 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 1020 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUS 1060 |
| Music Theory | 4 | 2 | MUS 1710 |
| Music Theory | 5 | 4 | MUS 1710 & 1720 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | PHYS 1030/1030L |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | PHYS 1040/1040L |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 4 | PHYS 2310/2310L |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | PHYS 2300/2300L |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 3 | MATH 1730 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSY 1010 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | SPAN 1010 & 1020 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 11 | SPAN 1010, 1020 & 2110 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 14 | SPAN 1010, 1020, 2110 & 2120 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 3 | SPAN 3310 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | MATH 2100 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | PSPS 1010 |
| United States History | 4 | 3 | HIST 2010 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 3 | HIST 1120 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
56%
Come back for a second year
73%
Typical earnings
$56,442
a year, 10 years after starting here
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga$67,335
- All colleges$71,390
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 26 majors here have earnings data.
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