Highest Graduation Rate Colleges in Tennessee

Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Tennessee

Vanderbilt University has the highest graduation rate of 93% for academic year 2019-2020 in Tennessee. Rhodes College is ranked second with 82% and The University of the South follows them with 80%. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have high graduation rates with transfer-out rates and retention rates. You may want to check colleges having the lowest graduation rates in Tennessee.

Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Tennessee
	Name	Graduation Rate	Transfer-out Rate	Retention Rate (full-time/part-time)
1	Vanderbilt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	93%	-	96%
2	Rhodes College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN	82%	16%	87%
3	The University of the South Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSewanee, TN	80%	17%	87%
4	Belmont University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	71%	-	82%
5	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN	71%	18%	89%
6	Lipscomb University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	69%	-	86%
7	Freed-Hardeman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN	66%	-	82%
8	Union University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN	66%	27%	87%
9	Milligan University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMilligan, TN	65%	-	82%
10	Lee University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN	63%	23%	81%
11	Christian Brothers University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN	57%	20%	81%
12	Tennessee Technological University Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN	57%	24%	77%
13	Trevecca Nazarene University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	56%	25%	74%
14	Cumberland University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN	54%	32%	66%
15	The University of Tennessee-Martin Public, four-yearsMartin, TN	54%	23%	74%
16	Lincoln Memorial University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN	53%	-	76%
17	Southern Adventist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN	53%	6%	81%
18	Carson-Newman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJefferson City, TN	52%	37%	69%
19	University of Memphis Public, four-yearsMemphis, TN	52%	17%	80%
20	Fisk University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	51%	25%	80%

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Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate in Tennessee

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