Tennessee Colleges by 2025 SAT Score

More colleges are removing SAT scores as a "required item" from their application requirements, but still they are considering the SAT score in admission process. In Tennessee, 27 colleges require or consider SAT score to determine admission eligibility.

The 2025 Average SAT score Tennessee colleges is 1,159. For public Tennessee colleges, the average SAT score is 1,087 and the private colleges' average SAT score is 1,201.

The following table summarizes the number of colleges by SAT score for 27 colleges that require or consider the SAT score for admission. The large-font numbers in each cell mean the number of schools for corresponding score and school type and the small-font numbers below mean the percentile for that SAT score.

You can see the list of college in each SAT range by following the link on the SAT range.

The following chart visualizes the SAT score distribution for Tennessee colleges.

The table is sorted from highest to lowest SAT score for Tennessee colleges, based on the most recent two years of data. A green number means the school's SAT score is higher than last year, while a red number means the score lower than last year.