LMU: Quick Facts

History
Founded February 12, 1897, as a living memorial to Abraham Lincoln.

Location
Harrogate, Tennessee, where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia merge at the Cumberland Gap, approximately 55 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Campus
Beautiful, historic, 1,000-acre wooded campus with 35 academic, administrative, and residential buildings.

Enrollment (Fall 2007, on and off campus)
3,255 (1,482 undergraduates; 1,773 graduate students)

Faculty
70 percent of full-time faculty teaching in bachelor degree programs hold the doctorate or the highest degree available in the field.

Average Class Size
13

Go, Railsplitters!
Affiliated with NCAA Division II athletics. Competitive teams in:
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Baseball
Cross Country (M/W)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Soccer
Softball
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
Volleyball

Costs (2007-2008)
Tuition: $14,400 per year
Room/Board: $5,380/year (based on Liles and West, Meal Plan #1)
Total cost for a full-time, residential, undergraduate student: $19,780.

Financial Aid
A private college education at LMU is a fantastic value. Nearly 65 percent of students receive some type of financial assistance. The school awards scholarships as well as federal and state assistance.

Accreditation
Lincoln Memorial University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; Phone 404.679.4501) to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s, educational specialist and doctoral degrees.

Individual program accreditation has been granted by:

National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
American Veterinary Medical Association
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Council on Social Work Education
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs/National Athletic Trainers Association

Individual program approval has been granted by:

State of Tennessee Department of Education
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Kentucky Council on Higher Education
Tennessee Board of Nursing
Kentucky Board of Nursing

Memberships

American Association for Higher Education
The American Council on Education
American Universities in Russia, Ukraine
Appalachian College Association
Appalachian Consortium
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
The College Board
Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
Council for Higher Education Accreditation
Council of Graduate Schools
Council of Independent Colleges
Council on Undergraduate Research
East Tennessee College Alliance
The Foundation for Independent Higher Education
International Alliance for Higher Education
International University and Business Consortium
National Association of College and University Business Officers
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations
National League for Nursing Council of Associate Degree Programs
National League for Nursing Council of Baccalaureate Degree Programs
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Private College Consortium for International Studies
South Atlantic Conference
The Tennessee College Association
Tennessee Conference of Graduate Schools
Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association

Extended Campus Sites
LMU's nursing program is offered at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, TN; Baptist Regional Medical Center, Corbin, KY; Blount Memorial Hospital and Blount County, TN. Selected programs or courses are offered at the following sites: LMU at Knoxville (Hayfield Road location), Southeast Community College, Cumberland, KY, and Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN. Graduate studies are offered in Maryville, TN, Cleveland, TN, and Ducktown, TN.

Little-Known Fun Facts

Grant-Lee Hall Ghost: Constructed as the luxurious Sanitarium of the Four Seasons Hotel in the 1890s, Grant-Lee Hall burned in 1904 and again in 1950. Stories are told of a woman in a red dress who appears and knocks on doors in the residence hall. Some say that she is trying to warn residents to escape before those historic fires destroy the building!
Spring House Origins: In the 1930s, the Spring House was located in the nearby community of Tiprell, Tennessee. LMU students themselves relocated the Spring House, stone by stone, to its present location on our campus.
Lincoln's Footsteps: LMU was founded in 1897, three decades after President Lincoln's death; he never saw the campus. However, it was founded to fulfill Lincoln's wishes to thank the residents of East Tennessee for their support during the Civil War, and to create a university for them. The memory of Abraham Lincoln definitely lives on at Lincoln Memorial University!
Campus Landmark: The Conservatory Tower is what remains of one of LMU's early campus buildings. The original Conservatory was the home of Colonel A. A. Arthur. Later, it housed the music program.