Lee University is a private, comprehensive university located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Lee is emerging as a leader in higher education in the southeastern region of the U.S. and is consistently ranked in the “Top Tier” of the Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report. Lee is also included in Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges,” and is ranked among the 141 colleges named Best in the Southeast.