For the 2024 Tennessee admission, a total of 4,549 enrolled students have submitted the SAT scores and 22,134 students submitted the ACT scores.
The average SAT score of Tennessee colleges is 1,143 and the ACT score is 23. The Tennessee's average SAT score increased by 11 points compared to previous year's socre of 1,132.
Among Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University has the highest SAT score of 1,540.
The following table compares the SAT scores between four-years colleges in Tennessee. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University | 1,540 15 | 35 | 6.00% -0.67% | 57.01% 4.67% |
| Rhodes College | 1,400 -10 | 30 | 50.01% -3.90% | 16.00% -0.84% |
| Fisk University | 1,330 120 | 22 -1 | 58.01% -12.96% | 7.00% 0.74% |
| The University of the South | 1,305 10 | 29 | 51.00% -1.32% | 18.01% 0.64% |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 1,260 5 | 28 | 46.00% -22.41% | 29.00% 1.42% |
| Belmont University | 1,250 5 | 27 | 96.00% -0.27% | 18.99% -2.74% |
| Lipscomb University | 1,240 55 | 26 | 66.99% -4.13% | 25.01% -1.52% |
| Christian Brothers University | 1,215 60 | 20 -2 | 87.96% 0.50% | 19.96% -2.86% |
| Milligan University | 1,210 117 | 24 -1 | 70.02% 3.31% | 28.96% -2.12% |
| Union University | 1,190 -35 | 26 -1 | 47.01% -5.54% | 23.02% 0.63% |
| Lee University | 1,120 5 | 23 -1 | 72.00% -0.59% | 35.98% 0.62% |
| Lincoln Memorial University | 1,110 | 21 -1 | 59.00% -19.48% | 15.02% -4.90% |
| Southern Adventist University | 1,110 | 22 | 67.01% 1.23% | 42.02% 3.74% |
| Tennessee Technological University | 1,110 | 23 | 83.00% 4.90% | 27.00% -9.31% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 1,100 -10 | 22 -1 | 68.00% -4.54% | 31.00% 0.95% |
| Maryville College | 1,095 -115 | 24 | 66.00% -3.50% | 16.99% 0.05% |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | 1,090 | 21 -1 | 87.00% -1.44% | 25.01% 2.26% |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | 1,090 | 21 | 70.02% -0.85% | 26.99% -5.18% |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1,080 -50 | 22 -1 | 77.00% -5.65% | 33.99% 1.43% |
| University of Memphis | 1,070 | 20 | 93.00% -1.60% | 18.00% 1.82% |
| The University of Tennessee Southern | 1,060 70 | 21 | 83.03% 2.77% | 35.95% -6.88% |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | 1,060 5 | 20 -1 | 59.01% -1.73% | 28.99% -5.02% |
| East Tennessee State University | 1,050 | 22 -1 | 87.00% 1.74% | 25.00% -0.09% |
| Austin Peay State University | 1,045 | 20 -1 | 96.01% 2.19% | 30.99% 6.45% |
| Carson-Newman University | 1,040 -5 | 22 | 68.00% -11.78% | 17.99% 5.10% |
| Freed-Hardeman University | 1,010 -80 | 22 -2 | 90.99% -0.20% | 27.96% -6.06% |
| Johnson University | 1,010 -73 | 21 -1 | 53.93% -9.28% | 55.02% -3.19% |
| Tennessee State University | 985 | 19 | 93.00% | 15.00% |
| Bethel University | 975 -17 | 20 2 | 96.99% 8.20% | 12.00% -8.63% |