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
The University of Tennessee Martin

Martin, TN

3.6 
Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

3.59 
Aquinas College

Nashville, TN

3.55 
Johnson University

Knoxville, TN

3.52 
Tennessee Wesleyan College

Athens, TN

3.5 
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

3.48 
King College

Bristol, TN

3.46 
Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN

3.43 
Milligan College

Estimated GPA

Milligan College, Tennessee

3.4*
Free Will Baptist Bible College

Nashville, TN

3.34 
East Tennessee State University

Estimated GPA

Johnson City, TN

3.33*
Memphis College of Art

Estimated GPA

Memphis, TN

3.33*
Walters State Community College

Morristown, TN

3.33 
Watkins College of Art Design & Film

Estimated GPA

Nashville, TN

3.33*
Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

3.3 
Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

3.3 
Cleveland State Community College

Cleveland, TN

3.29 
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, TN

3.29