Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges is 25.56% for the academic year 2024-2025.

Vanderbilt University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 61.23% and Cumberland University (40.54%) and Southern Adventist University (36.92%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Vanderbilt University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 61.23% and Cumberland University has the second highest yield of 40.54%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,103 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,650 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 59.64% and the average SAT score is 1,151, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Table. Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	61.23% 4.20%	5.86%	1,540	$67,498	13,575	94.00%	8 to 1
2 3	Cumberland University Lebanon, TNPrivate, 4-year	40.54% 4.51%	67.33%	-	$27,840	3,457	46.00%	19 to 1
3 1	Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TNPrivate, 4-year	36.92% 4.75%	65.50%	1,140	$27,300	3,229	49.00%	19 to 1
4 4	Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TNPrivate, 4-year	36.42% 8.86%	59.68%	1,020	$25,620	2,306	71.00%	10 to 1
5 1	Lee University Cleveland, TNPrivate, 4-year	34.98% 0.65%	70.52%	1,130	$23,790	3,714	63.00%	13 to 1
6 4	Johnson University Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year	32.30% 22.88%	65.11%	1,040	$21,122	978	57.00%	12 to 1
7 13	Bethel University McKenzie, TNPrivate, 4-year	32.18% 19.71%	60.23%	920	$18,712	2,936	35.00%	15 to 1
8 4	Union University Jackson, TNPrivate, 4-year	30.08% 7.35%	60.41%	1,290	$37,398	2,713	66.00%	9 to 1
9 2	Milligan University Milligan, TNPrivate, 4-year	27.56% 1.54%	72.29%	1,185	$40,450	1,240	63.00%	10 to 1
10 1	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	26.82% 0.53%	69.44%	1,095	$31,300	3,195	53.00%	20 to 1
	Average	35.90%	59.64%	1,151	$32,103	3,734	59.70%	14 to 1

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