A Top-Tier, Christ-Centered Experience

Welcome to Lee University, in scenic southeast Tennessee, where the Tennessee River carves through the Appalachian foothills. We offer well over 150 programs of study from associates to doctoral degrees, but our original focus – and still our mission more than a century later – is to create a safe but challenging environment in which our students can develop and prepare for a complex and demanding world.

Expect
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Great

We have a phrase around Lee, Expect Something Great. We think the college experience should be much more than just academic excellence. At Lee, we expect our students to experience transformational relationships with faculty, with other students, in campus life, and as they move into their calling.

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Enrollment
3,500+
Majors Offered
50+
Campus Clubs
100+
NCAA DII Teams
18
Study Abroad Trips
30+
Student Teacher Ratio
13:1
Countries Represented
46
Campus Size
120 ac.
Lee University, Cleveland TN

Kayla Smith

Kayla Smith decided to come to Lee after visiting the camp us and meeting a few professors, including public relations professor Dr. Andrea Phillips. “After talking with Dr. Phillips about public relations she told me something like, ‘I have a couch in my office just because I love talking with students. You are more than welcome to visit anytime.’ Now, I’ve talked with her on that couch, in the student union, and I have even been over to her house for a cookout for public relations majors.” said Kayla. “I really loved how genuine the students and the faculty were toward me, and I realized right away I wanted to spend the next four years here.” Kayla is now a public relations major heavily involved with Evangelistic Singers, Vindagua (yearbook), and PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America). 

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