Top Colleges in Tennessee Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in Tennessee is 65.15%, a total of 8,950 applicants applied to the schools and 3,681 accepted.

Vanderbilt University had the most number of applicants of 45,409 and Milligan University had the least number of applicants of 1,079 among Top Colleges in Tennessee.

Vanderbilt University had the lowest acceptance rate of 5.86% and Austin Peay State University had the highest rate of 96.41%.

Table. Top Colleges in Tennessee Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN45,4092,6621,6305.86%61.23%
2Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN4,2612,88671967.73%24.91%
3Belmont UniversityNashville, TN9,1658,7321,54795.28%17.72%
4Milligan UniversityMilligan, TN1,07978021572.29%27.56%
5Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, TN1,30277728359.68%36.42%
6The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, TN10,4948,5102,48981.09%29.25%
7Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, TN3,6032,25535762.59%15.83%
8Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN6,3316,1041,67796.41%27.47%
9Rhodes CollegeMemphis, TN6,3653,20538850.35%12.11%
10Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, TN1,48689528860.23%32.18%
-Average8,9503,68195965%28%