Tightest Tennessee Colleges to Get In

Tightest Tennessee Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Tennessee colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Vanderbilt University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.86% for academic year 2023-2024 in Tennessee. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Tennessee.

Tightest Tennessee Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Vanderbilt University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	5.86%	45,409	2,662	1,630	61.23%
2	Fisk University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNashville, TN	37.42%	11,421	4,274	374	8.75%
3	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Public, four-yearsKnoxville, TN	41.60%	59,764	24,863	6,804	27.37%
4	Rhodes College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMemphis, TN	50.35%	6,365	3,205	388	12.11%
5	The University of the South Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSewanee, TN	56.90%	4,703	2,676	478	17.86%
6	Freed-Hardeman University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHenderson, TN	59.68%	1,302	777	283	36.42%
7	Bethel University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMcKenzie, TN	60.23%	1,486	895	288	32.18%
8	Union University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, TN	60.41%	1,970	1,190	358	30.08%
9	Maryville College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMaryville, TN	60.92%	3,383	2,061	281	13.63%
10	Lincoln Memorial University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHarrogate, TN	62.59%	3,603	2,255	357	15.83%

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Tightest Tennessee Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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