Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 63 colleges in Tennessee with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Vanderbilt University leads the list by accepting 7% of high school students that applied.

List of Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

68%
Maryville College

Maryville, TN

70%
Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

71%
Fisk University

Nashville, TN

71%
Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN

71%
Lee University

Cleveland, TN

73%
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

73%
DeVry University Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

76%
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, TN

78%
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

78%
Daymar College Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, TN

78%
Carson Newman College

Jefferson City, TN

80%
Martin Methodist College

Pulaski, TN

80%
Tusculum College

Greeneville, TN

81%
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN

83%
East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

85%
Christian Brothers University

Memphis, TN

87%
The University of Tennessee Martin

Martin, TN

88%