Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 86 colleges in Tennessee with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Vanderbilt University leads the list by accepting 10% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| V |
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN |
10% |
| V |
Victory UniversityMemphis, Tennessee |
31% |
| O |
O'More College of DesignFranklin, TN |
31% |
| A |
Aquinas CollegeNashville, TN |
40% |
| R |
Rhodes CollegeMemphis, TN |
45% |
| N |
Nossi College of ArtMadison, TN |
49% |
| B |
Bryan CollegeDayton, TN |
51% |
| M |
Maryville CollegeMaryville, TN |
55% |
| C |
Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, TN |
56% |
| U |
Union UniversityJackson, TN |
57% |
| K |
King CollegeBristol, TN |
58% |
| B |
Baptist Memorial College of Health SciencesMemphis, TN |
59% |
| L |
Lipscomb UniversityNashville, TN |
60% |
| L |
Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, TN |
60% |
| T |
Tennessee Wesleyan CollegeAthens, TN |
60% |
| C |
Cumberland UniversityLebanon, TN |
62% |
| T |
Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, TN |
64% |
| S |
Sewanee The University of the SouthSewanee, TN |
65% |
| B |
Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, TN |
66% |
| C |
Carson Newman CollegeJefferson City, TN |
66% |