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 Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	13,710 86	7,151	6,559	6,047	7,663	699	7 to 1
2 -	Belmont University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	8,910 214	7,384	1,526	2,937	5,973	86	12 to 1
3 -	South College Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year	6,182 386	4,906	1,276	1,057	5,125	2,956	16 to 1
4 -	Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TNPrivate, 4-year	5,418 300	1,560	3,858	1,790	3,628	407	8 to 1
5 -	Lipscomb University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	4,704 74	2,955	1,749	1,660	3,044	459	13 to 1
6 1	Bethel University McKenzie, TNPrivate, 4-year	4,686 675	4,038	648	2,153	2,533	1,728	17 to 1
7 1	Lee University Cleveland, TNPrivate, 4-year	3,927 578	3,446	481	1,544	2,383	450	12 to 1
8 -	Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year	3,327 390	1,867	1,460	1,131	2,196	1,342	22 to 1
9 2	Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TNPrivate, 4-year	2,903 184	2,571	332	1,258	1,645	148	15 to 1
10 1	Union University Jackson, TNPrivate, 4-year	2,731 199	1,900	831	938	1,793	583	8 to 1
	Average	5,650	3,778	1,872	2,052	3,598	886	13 to 1