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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.
Undergraduate
Pursue one of over a hundred top-tier degree programs in a Christ-centered, student-focused campus environment featuring acclaimed service learning and global perspectives programs and dynamic social and spiritual engagement events and opportunities.
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Graduate
Achieve expertise in one of our graduate level programs, guided by faculty with decades of collective professional and academic experience and advanced degrees from leading research institutions, conservatories, and seminaries.
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Online
Earn degrees designed for busy people from anywhere in the world. Our nationally ranked online programs connect you to expert, accessible, caring faculty in a supportive learning community dedicated to Christ-centered excellence, all hallmarks of the Lee experience.
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Events
News
String Theory Season to Open with Kenney and Kibbey
Chorale to Present “Essentials of Life: Love, Joy, and Peace”
School of Music to Host Orchestra Concert
Shenanigans to Present Three Shows Next Weekend
CRC to Host Symposium on Institutions and Inheritance
“Influence, Faith, and Reason” Symposium to Take Place Oct. 7-8
Dorm Wars to Take Place Oct. 3
CRC Hosts 12th Annual Constitution Day Quiz Bowl
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.
Rachel Marie Smith
Rachel Marie Smith is a senior bi-vocational theology and pastoral ministry double major from Easton, Pennsylvania. She came to Lee after a recommendation from her pastor and a visit to campus her junior year of high school. At Lee, Rachel is a student worker for campus ministries and a teacher’s assistant for Dr. Terry Cross and Dr. Skip Jenkins in the School of Religion. She has been a Poiema Ministry Scholar and received the Honors Scholarship all four years. When she first started, Rachel was a little nervous about going into ministry, but now she is grateful for how her professors and peers have “been nothing but supportive” and shown her that she does have a place in church leadership. Upon graduation, Rachel plans to move back to Pennsylvania, pursue full-time ministry, and eventually earn her Ordained Ministry License and a Master of Divinity degree.