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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 52.34% for academic year 2022-2023 in Tennessee. Cumberland University is positioned second with 44.45% yield and The University of Tennessee Southern follows them with 43%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Tennessee.
Most Favored Tennessee Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Vanderbilt University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
52.34% 46,377 3,093 1,619 6.67%
2Cumberland University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLebanon, TN
44.45% 2,137 1,415 629 66.21%
3The University of Tennessee Southern
Public, four-yearsPulaski, TN
42.83% 608 488 209 80.26%
4Southern Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCollegedale, TN
38.28% 2,490 1,638 627 65.78%
5Tennessee Technological University
Public, four-yearsCookeville, TN
36.31% 7,229 5,646 2,050 78.10%
6Lee University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCleveland, TN
35.36% 2,014 1,462 517 72.59%
7Freed-Hardeman University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN
34.02% 1,067 973 331 91.19%
8Tennessee Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAthens, TN
34.01% 968 588 200 60.74%
9The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Public, four-yearsChattanooga, TN
32.56% 8,345 6,897 2,246 82.65%
10Trevecca Nazarene University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN
32.17% 1,658 1,175 378 70.87%