Tennessee State University

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instance of	public university historically black college or university public educational institution of the United States land-grant university school
inception	1912
academic calendar type	semester

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Nashville
street address	3500 John A. Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37209-1561
postal code	37209-1561
coordinate location	36.1659, -86.8303
official website	http://www.tnstate.edu · language of work or name: English

count of students	10,389
employees	1,363 · September 2020
chairperson	Frederick S. Humphries · 1974–1985 Glenda Glover · since 2013 William J. Hale · 1912–1943 Andrew P. Torrence · 1968–1974 Frederick S. Humphries · 1975–1985 5 more Roy P. Peterson · 1985–1986 Otis L. Floyd · 1986–1990 James A. Hefner · 1991–2005 Melvin N. Johnson · 2005–2010 Walter S. Davis · 1943–1968

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: moderate research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: professional-dominant four-year, medium, primarily residential four-year, full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

child organization or unit	Brown-Daniel Library
member of	Oak Ridge Associated Universities Association of Public and Land-grant Universities American Association of State Colleges and Universities
athletics program	Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	WTN PeepHoles 052.JPG

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Tennessee State University
topic's main category	Category:Tennessee State University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Tennessee State University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Tennessee State University faculty
on focus list of Wikimedia project	WikiProject African diaspora Martin Luther King Day edit-a-thon · January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (31)

Crunchbase organization ID	tennessee-state-university
Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID	1164
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Tennessee-State-University · subject named as: Tennessee State University
Facebook username	Tennessee.State.University
Freebase ID	/m/01t8sr
GRID ID	grid.280741.8
HAL structure ID	364246
Instagram username	tennstateu
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	221838
ISNI	0000000122849820
J9U entity ID	987007461569205171
KISTI ID	K000207979
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n50000377
LinkedIn company or organization ID	tennessee-state-university
Linktree ID	Tnstate1912
LittleSis organization ID	15124
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	75256744
OpenStreetMap way ID	131044046
Quora topic ID	Tennessee-State-University
Ringgold ID	5717
ROR ID	01fpczx89
SEVIS school ID	1489
subreddit	tsu · language of work or name: English · subject named as: National Research Tomsk State University · 23 May 2023
Tennessee Encyclopedia ID	tennessee-state-university
Times Higher Education World University ID	tennessee-state-university
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	83234 · subject named as: Tennessee State University
VIAF cluster ID	124301700
X (Twitter) username	TSUedu
YouTube channel ID	UCqcR-DjaRQXBqGF3HU-mOqA · subject named as: Tennessee State University · YouTube handle: tsumedia · 25 June 2026
‎Scilit organization ID	3547
‎Yale LUX ID	group/27218677-fd18-4d31-bc96-5d09958d9403