East Tennessee State University is a comprehensive, Carnegie-designated Doctoral Research University, with approximately 12,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate and professional students. ETSU Health includes the College of Public Health, the James H. Quillen College of Medicine, the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, the College of Nursing, and the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences. Johnson City, in the mountain and lake region of east Tennessee, has close to half a million residents, is consistently rated as one of the best small towns in the U.S., with affordable housing, excellent schools, and with outstanding cultural and outdoor recreational activities. Clinical care in Washington County has been ranked among the best in Tennessee several years in a row.