Affordable Tennessee Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate
The next table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) Tennessee colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Austin Peay State University has the highest acceptance rate as of 94.98% for academic year 2019-2020 in Tennessee. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 1,000 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in Tennessee.
| Name | Acceptance Rate | # of Applicants | # of Admitted | # of Enrolled | Yield | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Peay State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsClarksville, TN | 94.98% | 7,416 | 7,044 | 1,716 | 24.36% |
| 2 | Middle Tennessee State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsMurfreesboro, TN | 93.71% | 8,973 | 8,409 | 3,312 | 39.39% |
| 3 | East Tennessee State UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsJohnson City, TN | 85.93% | 7,704 | 6,620 | 1,786 | 26.98% |
| 4 | University of MemphisPublic, 4 or more yearsMemphis, TN | 84.75% | 14,778 | 12,525 | 2,683 | 21.42% |
| 5 | Belmont UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNashville, TN | 83.80% | 7,965 | 6,675 | 1,684 | 25.23% |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaPublic, 4 or more yearsChattanooga, TN | 82.05% | 8,189 | 6,719 | 2,310 | 34.38% |
| 7 | Tennessee Technological UniversityPublic, 4 or more yearsCookeville, TN | 79.02% | 6,621 | 5,232 | 1,705 | 32.59% |
| 8 | The University of Tennessee-KnoxvillePublic, 4 or more yearsKnoxville, TN | 78.85% | 21,764 | 17,160 | 5,254 | 30.62% |
| 9 | The University of Tennessee-MartinPublic, 4 or more yearsMartin, TN | 64.49% | 9,158 | 5,906 | 1,160 | 19.64% |
| 10 | Vanderbilt UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsNashville, TN | 9.12% | 37,310 | 3,402 | 1,604 | 47.15% |
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