Public Universities in Tennessee, Ranked by Acceptance Rate
Tennessee has 10 public universities in the CollegeCalcAI database. The most selective is University of Tennessee at 42%; the most accessible is Austin Peay State University at 96%, and the median public university in the state admits 79%. 1 of them posts an admitted-student SAT (75th percentile) of 1300 or higher. In-state tuition usually makes these the best-value options on a Tennessee student's list, so it pays to know exactly where each one sits.
- University of Tennessee42%acceptanceSelectiveTN · SAT 1330
- Middle Tennessee State University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1150
- Tennessee State University70%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1050
- University of Memphis72%acceptanceModerately selectiveTN · SAT 1200
- Tennessee Tech University76%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1180
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga81%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1200
- East Tennessee State University86%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1140
- UT Southern87%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
- UT Martin88%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
- Austin Peay State University96%acceptanceAccessibleTN · SAT 1100
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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.