For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Tennessee Colleges is 61.02%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 25.35%. A total of 207,909 have applied, 126,865 admitted, and 32,156 students have enrolled one of Tennessee Colleges.

Of the Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University is the tightest school to admit with 6.67% acceptance rate, and Visible Music College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 20.41%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Tennessee Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN6,3625,9691,465 93.82%24.54%
Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis, TN28111539 40.93%33.91%
Belmont UniversityNashville, TN9,1638,8211,917 96.27%21.73%
Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, TN2,4892,210456 88.79%20.63%
Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, TN2,9282,336301 79.78%12.89%
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, TN877767175 87.46%22.82%
Cumberland UniversityLebanon, TN2,1371,415629 66.21%44.45%
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TN9,6098,1932,056 85.26%25.09%
Fisk UniversityNashville, TN7,2685,158323 70.97%6.26%
Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, TN1,067973331 91.19%34.02%
Johnson UniversityKnoxville, TN443280163 63.21%58.21%
King UniversityBristol, TN875532152 60.80%28.57%
Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, TN451449121 99.56%26.95%
Lee UniversityCleveland, TN2,0141,462517 72.59%35.36%
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, TN2,3471,842367 78.48%19.92%
Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN3,7052,635699 71.12%26.53%
Maryville CollegeMaryville, TN2,3611,641278 69.50%16.94%
Mid-South Christian CollegeMemphis, TN885 100.00%62.50%
Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, TN12,8689,3352,805 72.54%30.05%
Milligan UniversityMilligan, TN844563175 66.71%31.08%
Nossi College of ArtNashville, TN24513968 56.73%48.92%
Rhodes CollegeMemphis, TN5,2532,832477 53.91%16.84%
Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, TN2,4901,638627 65.78%38.28%
Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, TN7,2295,6462,050 78.10%36.31%
Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, TN968588200 60.74%34.01%
The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, TN608488209 80.26%42.83%
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, TN8,3456,8972,246 82.65%32.56%
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN36,29024,8266,846 68.41%27.58%
The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, TN5,5024,8661,107 88.44%22.75%
The University of the SouthSewanee, TN4,5782,395416 52.32%17.37%
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, TN1,6581,175378 70.87%32.17%
Tusculum UniversityGreeneville, TN1,3691,110146 81.08%13.15%
Union UniversityJackson, TN2,8391,492334 52.55%22.39%
University of MemphisMemphis, TN15,76714,9162,414 94.60%16.18%
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN46,3773,0931,619 6.67%52.34%
Visible Music CollegeMemphis, TN2946045 20.41%75.00%
Average5,7753,52489361.02%25.35%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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