For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Tennessee colleges is 53.30%, 137,672 accepted out of 258,291 applicants.
For Tennessee college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 14,388 (5.90%) compared to last year, from 243,903 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 1,323, which is less than -3.80% last year.
Tennessee colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 4.25% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Tennessee colleges. The yield decreased by 0.47%.
Among Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.86% with 2,662 accepted students out of 45,409 applicants. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most number of applicants of 59,764 and The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,804.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Tennessee. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | 45,409 96 | 2,662 -182 | 1,630 8 | 5.86% -0.42% | 61.23% 4.20% |
| Visible Music College | 132 -4 | 37 -2 | 19 -12 | 28.03% -0.65% | 51.35% -28.14% |
| Fisk University | 11,421 3,439 | 4,274 -348 | 374 54 | 37.42% -20.49% | 8.75% 1.83% |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 59,764 9,276 | 24,863 1,642 | 6,804 110 | 41.60% -4.39% | 27.37% -1.46% |
| Nossi College of Art and Design | 298 53 | 138 32 | 69 19 | 46.31% 3.04% | 50.00% 2.83% |
| Rhodes College | 6,365 340 | 3,205 212 | 388 -95 | 50.35% 0.67% | 12.11% -4.03% |
| The University of the South | 4,703 -315 | 2,676 122 | 478 29 | 56.90% 6.00% | 17.86% 0.28% |
| Freed-Hardeman University | 1,302 225 | 777 -199 | 283 14 | 59.68% -30.94% | 36.42% 8.86% |
| Bethel University | 1,486 -1,832 | 895 -2,329 | 288 -114 | 60.23% -36.94% | 32.18% 19.71% |
| Union University | 1,970 -1,042 | 1,190 -231 | 358 35 | 60.41% 13.23% | 30.08% 7.35% |
| Maryville College | 3,383 574 | 2,061 216 | 281 -36 | 60.92% -4.76% | 13.63% -3.55% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | 3,603 -404 | 2,255 -120 | 357 -11 | 62.59% 3.32% | 15.83% 0.34% |
| Johnson University | 794 184 | 517 189 | 167 -14 | 65.11% 11.34% | 32.30% -22.88% |
| Southern Adventist University | 2,907 176 | 1,904 85 | 703 -55 | 65.50% -1.11% | 36.92% -4.75% |
| Cumberland University | 2,495 -293 | 1,680 -188 | 681 8 | 67.33% 0.33% | 40.54% 4.51% |
| Lipscomb University | 4,261 17 | 2,886 58 | 719 8 | 67.73% 1.09% | 24.91% -0.23% |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | 902 -86 | 621 34 | 188 20 | 68.85% 9.44% | 30.27% 1.65% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 14,989 226 | 10,356 317 | 3,149 23 | 69.09% 1.09% | 30.41% -0.73% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | 2,448 490 | 1,700 329 | 456 81 | 69.44% -0.58% | 26.82% -0.53% |
| Tennessee State University | 9,660 -3,230 | 6,773 -5,167 | 880 -890 | 70.11% -22.52% | 12.99% -1.83% |
| Lee University | 2,388 238 | 1,684 132 | 589 36 | 70.52% -1.67% | 34.98% -0.65% |
| University of Memphis | 15,084 -556 | 10,865 -3,740 | 1,962 -629 | 72.03% -21.35% | 18.06% 0.32% |
| Tusculum University | 1,660 902 | 1,198 740 | 196 -20 | 72.17% 11.75% | 16.36% -30.80% |
| Milligan University | 1,079 -85 | 780 -38 | 215 -23 | 72.29% 2.02% | 27.56% -1.54% |
| Tennessee Technological University | 11,538 2,766 | 8,784 1,489 | 2,006 18 | 76.13% -7.03% | 22.84% -4.41% |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 10,494 1,398 | 8,510 1,504 | 2,489 108 | 81.09% 4.07% | 29.25% -4.74% |
| Baptist Health Sciences University | 367 215 | 301 198 | 105 62 | 82.02% 14.26% | 34.88% -6.87% |
| East Tennessee State University | 10,050 147 | 8,662 40 | 2,138 -3 | 86.19% -0.87% | 24.68% -0.15% |
| Christian Brothers University | 1,504 399 | 1,304 327 | 175 -25 | 86.70% -1.72% | 13.42% -7.05% |
| The University of Tennessee Southern | 760 147 | 659 152 | 172 -13 | 86.71% 4.00% | 26.10% -10.39% |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | 6,077 878 | 5,360 820 | 1,220 102 | 88.20% 0.88% | 22.76% -1.87% |
| Carson-Newman University | 2,460 -531 | 2,225 183 | 373 6 | 90.45% 22.18% | 16.76% -1.21% |
| Herzing University-Nashville | 55 21 | 51 20 | 35 14 | 92.73% 1.55% | 68.63% 0.89% |
| Concorde Career College-Memphis | 729 132 | 693 255 | 393 42 | 95.06% 21.69% | 56.71% -23.43% |
| Belmont University | 9,165 215 | 8,732 108 | 1,547 -122 | 95.28% -1.08% | 17.72% -1.63% |
| Austin Peay State University | 6,331 772 | 6,104 770 | 1,677 32 | 96.41% 0.46% | 27.47% -3.37% |
| Le Moyne-Owen College | 259 47 | 257 51 | 133 -26 | 99.23% 2.06% | 51.75% -25.43% |
| King University | 725 -470 | 723 73 | 147 -19 | 99.72% 45.33% | 20.33% -5.21% |
| Mid-South Christian College | 3 -5 | 3 -5 | 3 -3 | 100.00% | 100.00% 25.00% |
| John A Gupton College | 34 3 | 34 8 | 28 10 | 100.00% 16.13% | 82.35% 13.12% |