, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in
Cookeville, Tennessee , a small city approximately seventy miles east of
Nashville . It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (
1915 ), and, before that as Dixie College, the name under which it was founded as a private institution in
1911 . It places special emphasis on undergraduate education in fields related to engineering and technology, although degrees in education, liberal arts, agriculture, nursing, and other fields of study can be pursued as well. Additionally, there are graduate offerings in engineering, education, business, and the liberal arts. It is operated by the
Tennessee Board Of Regents , and its athletic teams compete in the
Ohio Valley Conference .
Tennessee Tech is ranked among the Top 11 Public Schools in the
South in
U.S. News & World Report 's 2006 edition of "America's Best Colleges." TTU was also ranked among the Top Public Schools in the South in the
2002 ,
2003 and
2005 college guides. The
Princeton Review also listed TTU as a "Best College Value" in
2006 . TTU is also one of "America's 100 Best College Buys" as reported by
Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. in 2006.
Tennessee Tech today enrolls 7,045 undergraduate and 2,268 graduate students, and its
Campus has 87 buildings on 235 acres (0.95 km²) centered along Dixie Avenue in north Cookeville.
- Roaden University Center (RUC)
- Death Hall (ME, EE)
- Bruner Hall (Math, Physics, and Computer Science)
- Clement Hall (Basic Engineering)
- Derryberry Hall (Administration)
- Henderson Hall
- Kittrell Hall
- T.J. Farr Building
- Pennebaker Hall
- Prescott Hall
- South Hall
- "The Hoop"
- Volpe Library
- Browning Hall (Men's)
- Cooper Hall
- Crawford Hall (Women's)
- Dunn Hall
- Evins Hall (Men's)
- Jobe Hall (Business)
- Marshall Hall (Engineering)
- Maddox Hall
- McCord Hall
- MS Cooper Hall
- Murphy Hall (Honors)
- New Freshmen Dorm
- Pinkerton Hall
- White Hall (Engineering)
- Accounting
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Education
- Engineering
- English
- French
- History
- Mathematics
- Music
- Nursing
- Physics
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Spanish
Honors
