Tennessee Public Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Tennessee State University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 32% last year.

Austin Peay State University with 43% and University of Memphis with 48% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Tennessee Public Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,988 and graduate tuition & fees is $21,363 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 81.11% and the average SAT score is 1,088 at the schools.

Table. Tennessee Public Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Tennessee State University Nashville, TNPublic, 4-year	32.00% 1.68%	$22,284 ($8,568)	15.00%	93.00%	985	9,218	14 to 1
2 -	Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TNPublic, 4-year	43.00% 0.66%	$14,219 ($8,675)	30.99%	96.01%	1,045	9,326	14 to 1
3 4	University of Memphis Memphis, TNPublic, 4-year	48.00% 6.40%	$14,784 ($10,344)	18.00%	93.00%	1,070	21,917	17 to 1
4 2	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TNPublic, 4-year	52.00% 1.73%	$18,208 ($10,144)	33.99%	77.00%	1,080	11,283	16 to 1
4 -	The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TNPublic, 4-year	52.00% 0.31%	$16,234 ($10,194)	25.01%	87.00%	1,090	6,868	15 to 1
6 1	Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TNPublic, 4-year	54.00% 0.33%	$29,042 ($9,506)	31.00%	68.00%	1,100	20,086	16 to 1
7 4	East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TNPublic, 4-year	55.00% 4.42%	$13,034 ($9,706)	25.00%	87.00%	1,050	13,483	16 to 1
8 -	Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TNPublic, 4-year	60.00% 0.14%	$20,116 ($10,084)	27.00%	83.00%	1,110	9,902	18 to 1
9 -	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TNPublic, 4-year	72.00% 0.13%	$31,974 ($13,484)	29.00%	46.00%	1,260	33,805	18 to 1
	Average	52.00%	$19,988 ($10,078)	26.11%	81.11%	1,088	15,099	16 to 1

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