2024 Tightest Tennessee Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University has the tightest acceptance rate (6.67%) and Rhodes College has the second lowest rate (53.91%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest Tennessee Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year Tennessee colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest Tennessee Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | 46,377 | 3,093 | 1,619 | 6.7% | 52.3% | $63,946 | 13,710 | 1,530 |
| 2 | Rhodes College Memphis, TN | 5,253 | 2,832 | 477 | 53.9% | 16.8% | $54,892 | 2,008 | 1,400 |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | 36,290 | 24,826 | 6,846 | 68.4% | 27.6% | $31,974 | 33,805 | 1,240 |
| 4 | Fisk University Nashville, TN | 7,268 | 5,158 | 323 | 71.0% | 6.3% | $24,298 | 1,055 | 1,269 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN | 12,868 | 9,335 | 2,805 | 72.5% | 30.0% | $29,042 | 20,086 | 1,120 |
| 6 | Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN | 7,229 | 5,646 | 2,050 | 78.1% | 36.3% | $20,116 | 9,902 | - |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | 8,345 | 6,897 | 2,246 | 82.6% | 32.6% | $18,208 | 11,283 | 1,100 |
| 8 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | 9,609 | 8,193 | 2,056 | 85.3% | 25.1% | $13,790 | 13,483 | 1,060 |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TN | 5,502 | 4,866 | 1,107 | 88.4% | 22.7% | $16,248 | 6,868 | 1,160 |
| 10 | Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TN | 6,362 | 5,969 | 1,465 | 93.8% | 24.5% | $14,219 | 9,326 | 1,075 |
Qualified Tennessee Colleges in Core Admission Stats
