The average acceptance rate of the 30 Tennessee colleges that have competitive admission is 69.60% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 3.16%. The acceptance rate at 8 Tennessee colleges increased and the rate of 21 colleges decreased.
Vanderbilt University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 6.00%. Visible Music College (28.68%) and Nossi College of Art and Design (42.86%) are following it in the list of Tightest Tennessee 4-Years Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Vanderbilt University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Visible Music College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $34,658 and graduate tuition & fees is $25,873 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.