Largest Tennessee Private Colleges With Most Students

Vanderbilt University is the largest private Tennessee college with 13,710 students. The percentage of online students is 5.10% at the school.

Belmont University with 8,910 students and South College with 6,182 students are following it in the largetst Tennessee college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Tennessee online colleges.

Vanderbilt University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Belmont University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $30,438 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,926 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 64.64% and the average SAT score is 1,181 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.


Table. Largest Tennessee Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 13,710
86
7,1516,5596,0477,6636997 to 1
2
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Belmont University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 8,910
214
7,3841,5262,9375,9738612 to 1
3
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South College Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year 6,182
386
4,9061,2761,0575,1252,95616 to 1
4
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Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TNPrivate, 4-year 5,418
300
1,5603,8581,7903,6284078 to 1
5
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Lipscomb University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 4,704
74
2,9551,7491,6603,04445913 to 1
6
1
Bethel University McKenzie, TNPrivate, 4-year 4,686
675
4,0386482,1532,5331,72817 to 1
7
1
Lee University Cleveland, TNPrivate, 4-year 3,927
578
3,4464811,5442,38345012 to 1
8
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Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 3,327
390
1,8671,4601,1312,1961,34222 to 1
9
2
Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TNPrivate, 4-year 2,903
184
2,5713321,2581,64514815 to 1
10
1
Union University Jackson, TNPrivate, 4-year 2,731
199
1,9008319381,7935838 to 1
Average5,6503,7781,8722,0523,59888613 to 1
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