Tennessee Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 41 private colleges in Tennessee with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Vanderbilt University leads the list by accepting 7% of high school students that applied.

List of Tennessee Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Trevecca Nazarene University

Nashville, TN

71%
Lee University

Cleveland, TN

73%
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, TN

78%
Carson Newman College

Jefferson City, TN

80%
Martin Methodist College

Pulaski, TN

80%
Tusculum College

Greeneville, TN

81%
Christian Brothers University

Memphis, TN

87%
Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

89%
Freed Hardeman University

Henderson, TN

91%
Belmont University

Nashville, TN

96%
American Baptist College

Nashville, TN

100%
Bryan College

Dayton, TN

100%
Pentecostal Theological Seminary

Cleveland, TN

100%
Free Will Baptist Bible College

Nashville, TN

100%
Hiwassee College

Madisonville, TN

100%
Lane College

Jackson, TN

100%
Le Moyne Owen College

Memphis, TN

100%
Memphis College of Art

Memphis, TN

100%