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Established: 1918
Location: Cleveland, Tennessee
Phone: (800) 533-9930 Direct: (423)
614-8000
Lee University is a private, comprehensive university
located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the foothills of the
Appalachian Mountains. Lee is emerging as a leader in
higher education in the southeastern region and was
ranked in 2008 in the “Top Tier” in the South by U.S.
News & World Report (Comprehensive Medium- Size Universities). Lee is also ranked by Princeton Review’s
“Best Colleges” and is now one of the 136 colleges named
Best in the Southeast. The university’s growing
reputation as a quality institution can be seen in the
high caliber of faculty, students, and friends who are
drawn to the campus. This marks the 20th straight year
of increased enrollment under the leadership of
president, Dr. Paul Conn.
Over the past two decades, Lee has become one of the largest Christ-centered private institution in Tennessee and the largest
in the Appalachian College Association. During that
period, the university has undergone a remarkable
transformation that has included significant growth in
academic programs, student enrollment, faculty expertise
and diversity, as well as an expanded sense of mission
and vision.
Lee’s enrollment has more than tripled from 1,214
students in 1986 to 4,086 students in fall 2007. This
makes Lee the 5th largest undergraduate enrollment among
the 103 Christian colleges who are member institutions
of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (www.cccu.org).
During that same period, average ACT scores of entering
freshmen have increased to 23, and faculty has grown
and diversified in order to offer a rapidly expanding
slate of academic programs. Since 1986, Lee has added
nineteen major buildings necessary to serve the
students.
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