57.48% of Applicants Accepted to Tennessee Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Tennessee colleges is 57.48%, 140,165 accepted out of 243,869 applicants.

For Tennessee college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 35,960 (17.30%) compared to last year, from 207,909 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 2,576, which is more than 8.01% last year.

Tennessee colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 3.54% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Tennessee colleges. The yield decreased by 0.57%.

Among Tennessee colleges, Vanderbilt University has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.00% with 2,719 accepted students out of 45,313 applicants. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most number of applicants of 50,488 and The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 6,735.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Tennessee Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics 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.