The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Memphis conferred 570 bachelor's degrees and 173 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in registered nursing/registered nurse. Data shows the school gave out 349 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse, followed by 316 bachelor's degrees in "other" multi-/interdisciplinary studies and 214 bachelor's degrees in kinesiology and exercise science.
The university enrolled 21,458 students for 2017-18, including 17,233 in undergraduate programs and 4,225 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 120 | 132 | - | 252 | |
| Accounting | 121 | 36 | - | 157 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 77 | - | - | 77 | |
| Finance, General | 73 | - | - | 73 | |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 38 | 18 | - | 56 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | 55 | - | - | 55 | |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 35 | - | 1 | 36 | |
| Management Science | - | - | 27 | 27 | |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 27 | - | - | 27 | |
| Hotel/Motel Administration/Management | 24 | - | - | 24 | |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 570 | 186 | 38 | 794 | 17.6 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 349 | 74 | - | 423 | |
| Public Health, General | - | 41 | - | 41 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | 29 | - | 29 | |
| Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist | - | 23 | - | 23 | |
| Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management | - | 20 | - | 20 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Health and Wellness, General | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 349 | 194 | 16 | 559 | 12.4 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | 97 | - | 97 | |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 71 | - | - | 71 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 46 | - | - | 46 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | 36 | 7 | 43 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 29 | 3 | 32 | |
| Education, General | - | - | 24 | 24 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 22 | - | - | 22 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | - | - | 14 | 14 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Urban Education and Leadership | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Educational Statistics and Research Methods | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Community College Education | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 148 | 179 | 81 | 408 | 9 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 316 | - | - | 316 | |
| Cognitive Science | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Museology/Museum Studies | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 316 | - | 17 | 333 | 7.4 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 214 | 35 | - | 249 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 45 | - | - | 45 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 259 | 35 | - | 294 | 6.5 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 149 | 14 | 4 | 167 | |
| General Studies | 25 | 27 | - | 52 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 174 | 41 | 4 | 219 | 4.8 |
| Psychology, General | 170 | 20 | - | 190 | |
| Educational Psychology | - | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Counseling Psychology | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| School Psychology | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Psychology total | 170 | 46 | 3 | 219 | 4.8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 38 | 7 | - | 45 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 30 | 8 | - | 38 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 24 | 8 | 1 | 33 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 22 | 3 | - | 25 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 21 | - | - | 21 | |
| Engineering, General | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Engineering total | 135 | 34 | 1 | 170 | 3.8 |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 77 | 8 | - | 85 | |
| Journalism | 66 | 8 | 1 | 75 | |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 151 | 16 | 1 | 168 | 3.7 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 41 | 6 | - | 47 | |
| Sociology | 40 | 5 | - | 45 | |
| Anthropology | 21 | 10 | - | 31 | |
| Economics, General | 10 | 7 | - | 17 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| American Government and Politics (United States) | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Geography | - | - | - | - | |
| Social Sciences total | 124 | 28 | 13 | 165 | 3.6 |
| Music, General | 24 | 29 | 2 | 55 | |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 38 | 6 | - | 44 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 26 | 6 | - | 32 | |
| Music, Other | 17 | - | - | 17 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | |
| Interior Design | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 109 | 44 | 2 | 155 | 3.4 |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration | 138 | 9 | - | 147 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 138 | 9 | - | 147 | 3.2 |
| Social Work | 77 | 52 | - | 129 | |
| Public Administration | - | 15 | - | 15 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 77 | 67 | - | 144 | 3.2 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 81 | 12 | - | 93 | |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Epidemiology | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 81 | 21 | 4 | 106 | 2.3 |
| Computer Science | 31 | 18 | 3 | 52 | |
| Information Technology | - | 39 | - | 39 | |
| Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | - | - | 9 | 9 | |
| Information Technology Project Management | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 31 | 57 | 18 | 106 | 2.3 |
| Law | - | 106 | - | 106 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | - | 106 | - | 106 | 2.3 |
| Chemistry, General | 43 | 16 | - | 59 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 15 | 16 | - | 31 | |
| Physics, General | 5 | 5 | - | 10 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 63 | 37 | - | 100 | 2.2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 78 | 15 | - | 93 | |
| Creative Writing | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 78 | 21 | - | 99 | 2.2 |
| History, General | 40 | 11 | - | 51 | |
| History total | 40 | 11 | - | 51 | 1.1 |
| Engineering Technology, General | 42 | 4 | 2 | 48 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 42 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 1.1 |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | 40 | - | - | 40 | |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 40 | 7 | - | 47 | 1 |
| Mathematics, General | 21 | 10 | - | 31 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 21 | 10 | - | 31 | 0.7 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Architecture | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 9 | 20 | - | 29 | 0.6 |
| Philosophy | 7 | 8 | - | 15 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 7 | 8 | - | 15 | 0.3 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 7 | - | 2 | 9 | |
| Women's Studies | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 7 | - | 3 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Library and Information Science | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Library Science total | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Consumer Economics | - | - | - | - | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | - | - | - | - | - |
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