Carson-Newman University
Carson-Newman University admitted 90% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 955–1215 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $18,130 a year. Within six years, 54% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 90%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 955–1215
- ACT middle 50%
- 19–25
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $50,237 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $18,130 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $16,616 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $38,700 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 54%
- Students who return for a second year
- 74%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $51,756 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,387
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 20%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 16%
- Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
- 9%
- Education
- 8%
- Psychology
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Saint Johns University MN · 91% admitted
- Boise Bible College ID · 91% admitted
- Central Michigan University MI · 90% admitted
- Waynesburg University PA · 90% admitted
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania PA · 91% admitted
- University of St Thomas TX · 90% admitted
More colleges in Tennessee
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN · 42% admitted
- Middle Tennessee State University TN · 69% admitted
- University of Memphis TN · 72% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN · 81% admitted
- East Tennessee State University TN · 86% admitted
- Tennessee Technological University TN · 76% admitted
- Austin Peay State University TN · 96% admitted
- Vanderbilt University TN · 5.9% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.