Colleges in Chattanooga & Surrounding Areas

There are many opportunities in the Tennessee Valley for higher education at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Students can earn anything from associate and bachelor’s degrees to technical certificates, master’s and doctoral degrees.

Public Institutions

Chattanooga State Community College
Amnicola Highway
423-697-4404

Cleveland State Community College
Cleveland, TN; satellite sites in Athens & Madisonville
800-604-2722

Dalton State College
Dalton, GA
800-829-4436

Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rock Spring, GA
800-735-5726

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Downtown Chattanooga
423-425-4111

Private Institutions

Bethel University
based in McKenzie, TN; Chattanooga campus at 735 Broad St.
423-756-1110

Bryan College
Dayton, TN
423-775-2041

Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GA
706-820-1560

Lee University
Cleveland, TN
800-533-9930

Richmont Graduate University
1815 McCallie Ave.
423-266-4574

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN
800-768-8437

Temple Baptist Seminary
1815 Union Ave.
423-493-4221

Tennessee Temple University
1815 Union Ave.
800-553-4050

Tennessee Wesleyan College
Athens, TN
800-742-5892

The University of the South
Sewanee, TN
931-598-1000

For Profit Institutions

Chattanooga College
3805 Brainerd Rd.
423-624-0077

University of Phoenix Chattanooga
1208 Pointe Centre Drive
423-499-2500

Miller-Motte Technical College
6020 Shallowford Rd.
423-510-9675

Virginia College School of Business and Health
721 Eastgate Loop
423-893-2000