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University of Memphis

University of Memphis
3720 Alumni Ave
Memphis, TN 38152

Official telephone: (901) 678-2000
Fax number: (901) 678-3053
Website: https://www.memphis.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 71%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 624 men, 708 women
Full-time faculty: 453 men, 441 women
Part-time faculty: 171 men, 267 women
Graduation rate: 49% within six years

University of Memphis
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Advertising
  • Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Deaf Studies
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Finance, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Interior Design
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Journalism
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music, General
  • Music, Other
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Public Relations/Image Management
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
  • Transportation and Materials Moving, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Certificates

  • Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
Diplomas

  • Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • American Government and Politics (United States)
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Clinical/Medical Social Work
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community College Administration
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Science
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Practice Nurse/Nursing
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Health and Wellness, General
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • Human Nutrition
  • Human Services, General
  • Information Technology
  • Information Technology Project Management
  • Journalism
  • Knowledge Management
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Library and Information Science
  • Library Science, Other
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Science
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Music, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Nursing Education
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work, Other
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Urban Education and Leadership
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • Audiology/Audiologist
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Epidemiology
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Music, General
  • Nursing Education
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other
  • Biostatistics
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • General Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
  • Human Services, General
  • Information Technology
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • Journalism
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Music, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for relevant life experience
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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