Hardest Colleges to Get Into in Tennessee
Tennessee has 33 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Vanderbilt University (6%), Fisk University (37%), and University of Tennessee (42%). 1 school admits a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median Tennessee college admits 69%, and 10 are public against 23 private. At the other end, King University admits 100%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
- Vanderbilt University6%acceptanceMost selectiveTN · SAT 1560
- Fisk University37%acceptanceSelectiveTN · SAT 1050
- University of Tennessee42%acceptanceSelectiveTN · SAT 1330
- Bryan College48%acceptanceSelectiveTN · SAT 1220
- Rhodes College50%acceptanceSelectiveTN · SAT 1370
- Lane College55%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1020
- Sewanee - University of the South57%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1230
- Union University (TN)60%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Freed-Hardeman University60%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1160
- Bethel University (TN)60%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1120
- Lincoln Memorial University63%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Johnson University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1120
- Cumberland University67%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1130
- Lipscomb University68%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1280
- Middle Tennessee State University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Trevecca Nazarene University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Tennessee Wesleyan University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1120
- Tennessee State University70%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1050
- Lee University71%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- University of Memphis72%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1200
- Tusculum University72%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Milligan University72%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1120
- Tennessee Tech University76%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1180
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga81%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1200
- East Tennessee State University86%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1140
- Christian Brothers University87%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1150
- UT Southern87%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
- UT Martin88%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
- Carson-Newman University90%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1150
- Belmont University95%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1310
- Austin Peay State University96%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
- LeMoyne-Owen College99%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1020
- King University100%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1150
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.