Tennessee Private Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges is 27.28% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Vanderbilt University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 57.01% and Johnson University (55.02%) and Tusculum University (47.03%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Vanderbilt University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 57.01% and Johnson University has the second highest yield of 55.02%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,812 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,511 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 61.10% and the average SAT score is 1,156 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Tennessee Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 57.01%
4.67%
6.00%1,540$63,94613,71092.00%7 to 1
2
1
Johnson University Knoxville, TNPrivate, 4-year 55.02%
3.19%
53.93%1,010$20,31893965.00%10 to 1
3
16
Tusculum University Greeneville, TNPrivate, 4-year 47.03%
33.88%
60.03%-$28,5001,30333.00%16 to 1
4
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Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TNPrivate, 4-year 42.02%
3.74%
67.01%1,110$25,5902,90351.00%15 to 1
5
-
Lee University Cleveland, TNPrivate, 4-year 35.98%
0.62%
72.00%1,120$22,6903,92762.00%12 to 1
6
3
Cumberland University Lebanon, TNPrivate, 4-year 35.97%
8.48%
67.00%-$27,8402,58848.00%16 to 1
7
1
Milligan University Milligan, TNPrivate, 4-year 28.96%
2.12%
70.02%1,210$39,3501,10563.00%9 to 1
8
2
Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TNPrivate, 4-year 27.96%
6.06%
90.99%1,010$25,0002,33069.00%13 to 1
9
2
Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 26.99%
5.18%
70.02%1,090$30,0903,32761.00%22 to 1
10
1
King University Bristol, TNPrivate, 4-year 26.05%
2.52%
53.97%-$34,8001,35746.00%11 to 1
Average38.30%61.10%1,156$31,8123,34959.00%13 to 1