Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Lowest GPA

List of Colleges by GPA

Below is a list of the 51 colleges in Tennessee with the lowest average high school GPA for incoming freshmen. Le Moyne Owen College tops the list with an average reported GPA of 2.5. 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 Lowest GPA
School Average GPA
Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN

3.3 
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*
Free Will Baptist Bible College

Nashville, TN

3.34 
Milligan College

Estimated GPA

Milligan College, Tennessee

3.4*
Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN

3.43 
King College

Bristol, TN

3.46 
University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

3.48 
Tennessee Wesleyan College

Athens, TN

3.5 
Johnson University

Knoxville, TN

3.52 
Aquinas College

Nashville, TN

3.55 
Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

3.59 
Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

3.6 
Carson Newman College

Jefferson City, TN

3.6 
The University of Tennessee Martin

Martin, TN

3.6 
Maryville College

Maryville, TN

3.61