Universities
The principal public universities in West Tennessee are the University of Memphis, LeMoyne-Owen College, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, which has state medical, dental, nursing, and pharmacy schools, as well as a graduate program in health sciences. Also, there is the University of Tennessee at Martin and Jackson State Community College. The University of Memphis has a campus in Jackson, Tennessee after taking over the former Lambuth University.
Private institutions of higher education located in the region include Christian Brothers University and Rhodes College in Memphis. Jackson is the home of Union University, and Lane College. A few other private institutions of higher education lie in other areas of West Tennessee, such as Bethel University and Freed-Hardeman University.
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