Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 51 colleges in Tennessee with the highest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Rhodes College tops the list with an average reported GPA of 3.99. Note that not all colleges report GPA for their incoming class. Those with asterisk(*) denote a predicted GPA by the CollegeSimply AI algorithm.

GPA Data is reported by participating colleges to Wintergreen Orchard House and is reproduced under license.
List of Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Highest GPA
School Average GPA
Rhodes College

Memphis, TN

 3.99 
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

 3.89 
Belmont University

Nashville, TN

 3.83 
Union University

Jackson, TN

 3.8 
O'More College of Design

Franklin, TN

 3.78 
Freed Hardeman University

Henderson, TN

 3.75 
Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

 3.73 
Lee University

Cleveland, TN

 3.73 
Milligan University

Milligan, TN

 3.69 
Bryan College

Dayton, TN

 3.67 
Christian Brothers University

Memphis, TN

 3.67 
The University of Tennessee

Estimated GPA

Knoxville, TN

 3.66*
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

 3.64 
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

 3.63 
Maryville College

Maryville, TN

 3.61 
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN

 3.61 
Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

 3.6 
Carson Newman College

Jefferson City, TN

 3.6