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Most Favored Tennessee Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Tennessee. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Vanderbilt University, has the highest yield rate of 61.23% for academic year 2024-2025 in Tennessee. Le Moyne-Owen College is positioned second with 51.75% yield and Cumberland University follows them with 41%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Tennessee.
Most Favored Tennessee Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
61.23% 45,409 2,662 1,630 5.86%
2Le Moyne-Owen College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN
51.75% 259 257 133 99.23%
3Cumberland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN
40.54% 2,495 1,680 681 67.33%
4Southern Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN
36.92% 2,907 1,904 703 65.50%
5Freed-Hardeman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN
36.42% 1,302 777 283 59.68%
6Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN
34.98% 2,388 1,684 589 70.52%
7Bethel University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN
32.18% 1,486 895 288 60.23%
8Middle Tennessee State University
Public, four-yearsMurfreesboro, TN
30.41% 14,989 10,356 3,149 69.09%
9Tennessee Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAthens, TN
30.27% 902 621 188 68.85%
10Union University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN
30.08% 1,970 1,190 358 60.41%