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Higher EducationTennessee, United States501-1000 Employees
The University of the South, commonly known as Sewanee, is a private higher education institution in Sewanee, Tennessee. It comprises a liberal arts college, a School of Letters, and a seminary of the Episcopal Church, with a strong emphasis on a small, community-oriented environment and close faculty-student interaction. The university offers 38 majors and 44 minors and provides preparation for careers in medicine, law, education, and business, supported by an endowed program that funds summer internships and strengthens career development. Its graduates include Rhodes Scholars, NCAA Postgraduate Fellows, Watson Fellows, and Fulbright Scholars, and the School of Theology has alumni who have become bishops, including three of the last five presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church. The campus sits atop the Cumberland Plateau on a 13,000-acre Domain between Nashville and Chattanooga, and in March 2026 the university announced a partnership with KemperSports to oversee operations of the Course at Sewanee and Green's View Grill.