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Tennessee Tech University welcomed more than 2,500 new students this fall.
The university released information about incoming students and preliminary enrollment figures this week. The numbers indicate that more than 1,700 freshman enrolled this fall and nearly 800 transfer students.
“Tech is a great place for someone who has taken advantage of Tennessee Promise or attended a community college and now want to earn their bachelor’s degree,” said Brandon Johnson, vice president of Enrollment Management & Career Placement. “We continue to build stronger relationships with community colleges throughout the state and can help students easily transfer their credits.”
For the incoming freshman class, the average ACT score is 24 and the average high school GPA a 3.63. The incoming class includes 95 students who scored at least a 32 on the ACT, with two scoring a perfect 36.
More than 700 are coming to Tech with college credits in hand, thanks primarily to dual enrollment opportunities at their high school.
Freshman students come from 84 of Tennessee’s 95 counties, with the top 10 being Putnam, Wilson, Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Sumner, Cumberland, Hamilton, White and Knox.
