Tennessee Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 22 public colleges in Tennessee with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Middle Tennessee State University leads the list by accepting 59% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| M |
Middle Tennessee State University |
59% |
| T |
The University of Tennessee Martin |
62% |
| T |
Tennessee Technological University |
64% |
| T |
The University of Tennessee |
77% |
| T |
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
83% |
| E |
East Tennessee State University |
85% |
| M |
University of Memphis |
85% |
| A |
Austin Peay State University |
90% |
| C |
Chattanooga State Community College |
100% |
| C |
Cleveland State Community College |
100% |
| C |
Columbia State Community College |
100% |
| D |
Dyersburg State Community College |
100% |
| J |
Jackson State Community College |
100% |
| M |
Motlow State Community College |
100% |
| N |
Nashville State Community College |
100% |
| R |
Roane State Community College |
100% |
| S |
Southwest Tennessee Community College |
100% |
| P |
Pellissippi State Community College |
100% |
| T |
Tennessee State University |
100% |
| N |
Northeast State Community College |
100% |
