Colleges in Tennessee: admission rates, test scores and cost

37 colleges in Tennessee that mostly award bachelor's degrees and report an admission rate, most selective first. Net price is the average a year after grants and scholarships; at public colleges it's the price for in-state students.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release).

Colleges in Tennessee, most selective first
College	Admission rate	SAT middle 50%	Average net price	Graduation rate
Vanderbilt University	5.9%	1500–1570	$15,497	93%
Visible Music College	28%	Not reported	$25,006	14%
Fisk University	37%	1140–1510	$37,143	40%
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	42%	1200–1370	$18,314 in-state	75%
Nossi College of Art and Design	46%	Not reported	$24,518	40%
Rhodes College	50%	1300–1486	$28,776	81%
The University of the South	57%	1260–1390	$31,931	79%
Freed-Hardeman University	60%	952–1087	$22,036	73%
Bethel University	60%	830–1120	$13,267	29%
Union University	60%	1160–1390	$22,995	75%
Maryville College	61%	Not reported	$20,677	48%
Lincoln Memorial University	63%	1000–1210	$21,394	49%
Johnson University	65%	960–1110	$23,549	60%
Southern Adventist University	66%	1020–1300	$25,979	56%
Cumberland University	67%	Not reported	$15,965	45%
Lipscomb University	68%	1160–1380	$23,178	71%
Tennessee Wesleyan University	69%	Not reported	$14,965	49%
Middle Tennessee State University	69%	1010–1230	$12,562 in-state	54%
Trevecca Nazarene University	69%	980–1235	$19,828	51%
Tennessee State University	70%	880–1050	$12,154 in-state	34%
Lee University	71%	1040–1230	$21,034	62%
University of Memphis	72%	915–1180	$12,192 in-state	53%
Tusculum University	72%	Not reported	$20,508	39%
Milligan University	72%	1133–1268	$20,000	62%
Tennessee Technological University	76%	1048–1310	$16,830 in-state	56%
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	81%	1013–1210	$15,026 in-state	56%
Baptist Health Sciences University	82%	Not reported	$10,165	33%
East Tennessee State University	86%	980–1200	$14,208 in-state	55%
Christian Brothers University	87%	1020–1380	$16,842	56%
The University of Tennessee Southern	87%	905–1110	$6,690 in-state	32%
The University of Tennessee-Martin	88%	970–1210	$10,211 in-state	51%
Carson-Newman University	90%	955–1215	$18,130	54%
Belmont University	95%	1160–1350	$32,648	71%
Austin Peay State University	96%	843–1126	$9,049 in-state	42%
Le Moyne-Owen College	99%	Not reported	$6,993	24%
King University	100%	Not reported	$22,416	44%
Mid-South Christian College	100%	Not reported	$13,126	100%

Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who finished within six years. A dash means the college didn't report that number.

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