Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of Black Students

List of Colleges by Percent of Black Students

Below is a ranking of the 90 colleges in Tennessee with the highest percent of black students. Le Moyne Owen College tops the list with African Americans comprising 99% of the student population.

List of Tennessee Colleges Ranked by Highest Percent of Black Students
School % Black
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

8.4%
Columbia State Community College

Columbia, TN

7.7%
Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

7.1%
Pellissippi State Community College

Knoxville, TN

7.4%
Tennessee Wesleyan College

Athens, TN

7.7%
Bryan College

Dayton, TN

6.5%
Cleveland State Community College

Cleveland, TN

6.5%
East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

6.8%
King College

Bristol, TN

6.0%
Rhodes College

Memphis, TN

6.4%
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

7.0%
Aquinas College

Nashville, TN

5.7%
Lee University

Cleveland, TN

5.5%
Belmont University

Nashville, TN

4.6%
Freed Hardeman University

Henderson, TN

4.5%
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, TN

4.9%
Sewanee The University of the South

Sewanee, TN

4.3%
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

3.7%