More than 55,000 students are enrolled in area colleges and universities.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College, 13,734*
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 11,533
Chattanooga State Community College, 9,802
Dalton State University, 5,044
Lee University in Cleveland, 5,041
Cleveland State Community College, 3,753
Southern Adventist University, 2,959
University of the South in Sewanee, 1,797
Bryan College in Dayton, 1,489
Covenant College on Lookout Mountain, Georgia, 1,027
Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, 1,027
* Enrollment for 2016 at seven campuses in Northwest Georgia from Rome to Rock Spring.