Tennessee Colleges Acceptance Rate 2026

Acceptance Rate of all colleges in Tennessee are given here. Colleges are listed from Lowest Acceptance rate in Tennessee to the Highest Acceptance rate colleges. Acceptance Rate of Universities and Colleges indicate how tough the admissions selection criteria of an institution is. Acceptance or Admissions Rate of the colleges is obtained by dividing the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants who applied for admissions in a single admission calendar. The lower the acceptance rate of a college is, the tougher it is to get admitted to. Hence, the colleges with lower admissions rate are easier to get into.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Acceptance Rate of all Tennessee Colleges 2026 from Lowest to Highest

Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
	Vanderbilt University, Nashville	6.28%	7143
	Visible Music College, Memphis	28.68%	164
	Nossi College of Art and Design, Nashville	43.27%	278
	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville	45.99%	28763
	Union University, Jackson	47.18%	1637
	Rhodes College, Memphis	49.68%	1931
	The University of the South, Sewanee	50.9%	1598
	Johnson University, Knoxville	53.77%	703
	King University, Bristol	54.39%	975
	Fisk University, Nashville	57.91%	950
	Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate	59.27%	1487
	Tennessee Wesleyan University, Athens	59.41%	832
	Tusculum University, Greeneville	60.42%	903
	Maryville College, Maryville	65.68%	1028
	Southern Adventist University, Collegedale	66.61%	2673
	Lipscomb University, Nashville	66.64%	3021
	Cumberland University, Lebanon	67%	2053
	Baptist Health Sciences University, Memphis	67.76%	673
	Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro	68%	16115
	Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City	68.27%	1374
	Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville	70.02%	1697
	Milligan University, Milligan	70.27%	783
	Lee University, Cleveland	72.19%	2712
	Concorde Career College-Memphis, Memphis	73.37%	420
	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Chattanooga	77.02%	9878
	The University of Tennessee Southern, Pulaski	82.71%	827
	Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville	83.16%	8495
	John A Gupton College, Nashville	83.87%	160
	East Tennessee State University, Johnson City	87.06%	9807
	The University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin	87.32%	4600
	Christian Brothers University, Memphis	88.42%	953
	Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson	90.62%	1244
	Herzing University-Nashville, Nashville	91.18%	75
	Tennessee State University, Nashville	92.63%	6498
	University of Memphis, Memphis	93.38%	13645
	Austin Peay State University, Clarksville	95.95%	7365
	Belmont University, Nashville	96.36%	7306
	Le Moyne-Owen College, Memphis	97.17%	571
	Bethel University, McKenzie	97.17%	1671
	Mid-South Christian College, Memphis	100%	23
	Genesis Career College-Lebanon, Lebanon	100%	98
	Austin's Beauty College Inc, Clarksville	100%	98
	Lane College, Jackson	100%	822
	Bryan College-Dayton, Dayton	100%	815
	The Hair Academy LLC, Fayetteville	100%	79
	Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus, Nashville	100%	763
	Ross Medical Education Center-Knoxville, Knoxville	100%	75
	Franklin Hair Academy School of Cosmetology, Franklin	100%	75
	Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville, Nashville	100%	730
	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville, Knoxville	100%	730