{"id":35157,"date":"2023-06-14T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmst.utk.edu\/beta\/?page_id=35157"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:10:38","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-media-text-cta has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-390953e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-utkwds-left-frame\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Circle-Park-Student-Life-4-04-2022-13-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Students sit on a bench and in hammocks while dogwoods bloom in Circle Park\" class=\"wp-image-35528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Circle-Park-Student-Life-4-04-2022-13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Circle-Park-Student-Life-4-04-2022-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Circle-Park-Student-Life-4-04-2022-13-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/06\/Circle-Park-Student-Life-4-04-2022-13.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-8ff61abe wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take the next step in your higher education journey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re getting a master&#8217;s degree or pursuing a doctorate, our graduate concentrations are designed with quality and rigor to produce great Volunteers and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-link-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-utkwds-link-group-2up\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/graduate-programs\/masters-program\/\">Master&#8217;s program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/cmst\/graduate-programs\/doctoral-program\/\">PhD program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/admissions-and-aid\/masters-admissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn how to apply<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onestop.utk.edu\/billing-payments\/cost-of-attending-ut-graduate-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore tuition and costs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/admissions-and-aid\/graduate-student-funding\/\">CCI graduate student funding<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.utk.edu\/costs-and-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UT graduate student funding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take the next step in your higher education journey Whether you&#8217;re getting a master&#8217;s degree or pursuing a doctorate, our graduate concentrations are designed with quality and rigor to produce great Volunteers and leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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