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Question: What is the oldest college in Tennessee?

Answer: Founded in 1794, Tusculum University (formerly Tusculum College) is the first institution of higher education in Tennessee, the twenty-eighth oldest in the nation, and the first coeducational institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The wooded 140-acre Tusculum campus has nine buildings and the Tusculum Arch that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.