The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges is 27.24% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Johnson University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 58.21% and Vanderbilt University (52.34%) and Cumberland University (44.45%) 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.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges

Johnson University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 58.21% and Vanderbilt University has the second highest yield of 52.34%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,815 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,781 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 63.52% and the average SAT score is 1,190 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 62.60% and the students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges.

Table. Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
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Johnson University Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year 58.21%
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63.21%1,060$20,31893965.00%10 to 1
2
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Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 52.34%
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6.67%1,530$63,94613,71092.00%7 to 1
3
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Cumberland University Lebanon, TNPrivate, 4-year 44.45%
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66.21%-$27,8402,58848.00%16 to 1
4
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Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TNPrivate, 4-year 38.28%
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65.78%1,120$25,5902,90351.00%15 to 1
5
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Lee University Cleveland, TNPrivate, 4-year 35.36%
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72.59%1,130$22,6903,92762.00%12 to 1
6
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Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TNPrivate, 4-year 34.02%
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91.19%1,110$25,0002,33069.00%13 to 1
7
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Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 32.17%
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70.87%1,150$29,7903,32761.00%22 to 1
8
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Milligan University Milligan, TNPrivate, 4-year 31.08%
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66.71%-$39,3501,10563.00%9 to 1
9
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King University Bristol, TNPrivate, 4-year 28.57%
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60.80%-$34,8001,35746.00%11 to 1
10
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Lipscomb University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 26.53%
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71.12%1,230$38,8244,70469.00%13 to 1
Average38.10%63.52%1,190$32,8153,68962.60%13 to 1