2024-2025 Acceptance Rate of Tennessee Colleges

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.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Tennessee Colleges

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.

Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Tennessee Colleges
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%

53.30% of Applicants Accepted to Tennessee Colleges in 2025 Admission

258,291

137,672

53.30%

24.30%

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Tennessee Colleges