2026 Tightest Tennessee Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University has the tightest acceptance rate (5.86%) and Fisk University has the second lowest rate (37.42%) based on academic year 2023-2024 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 | 45,409 | 2,662 | 1,630 | 5.9% | 61.2% | $67,498 | 13,575 | 1,540 |
| 2 | Fisk University Nashville, TN | 11,421 | 4,274 | 374 | 37.4% | 8.8% | $25,858 | 1,059 | 1,420 |
| 3 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | 59,764 | 24,863 | 6,804 | 41.6% | 27.4% | $33,256 | 38,728 | 1,280 |
| 4 | Rhodes College Memphis, TN | 6,365 | 3,205 | 388 | 50.4% | 12.1% | $57,110 | 1,861 | 1,385 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN | 14,989 | 10,356 | 3,149 | 69.1% | 30.4% | $31,574 | 20,488 | 1,130 |
| 6 | Tennessee State University Nashville, TN | 9,660 | 6,773 | 880 | 70.1% | 13.0% | $22,416 | 6,310 | 960 |
| 7 | University of Memphis Memphis, TN | 15,084 | 10,865 | 1,962 | 72.0% | 18.1% | $15,384 | 20,276 | 1,035 |
| 8 | Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN | 11,538 | 8,784 | 2,006 | 76.1% | 22.8% | $15,576 | 10,511 | 1,180 |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | 10,494 | 8,510 | 2,489 | 81.1% | 29.2% | $18,512 | 11,775 | 1,100 |
| 10 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN | 10,050 | 8,662 | 2,138 | 86.2% | 24.7% | $13,726 | 13,728 | 1,080 |
Qualified Tennessee Colleges in Core Admission Stats
