Tennessee Colleges with the Highest Acceptance Rate

Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Tennessee Colleges to get in is 69.60% for the academic year 2023-2024.

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.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,182 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,887 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.
Table. Easiest Tennessee Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
4
Bethel University McKenzie, TNPrivate, 4-year 96.99%
8.20%
12.00%975$17,5304,68644.00%17 to 1
2
1
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, TNPublic, 4-year 96.01%
2.19%
30.99%1,045$14,219
($8,675)
9,32643.00%14 to 1
3
2
Belmont University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year 96.00%
0.27%
18.99%1,250$41,3208,91072.00%12 to 1
4
2
University of Memphis Memphis, TNPublic, 4-year 93.00%
1.60%
18.00%1,070$14,784
($10,344)
21,91748.00%17 to 1
4Tennessee State University Nashville, TNPublic, 4-year 93.00%15.00%985$22,284
($8,568)
9,21832.00%14 to 1
6
2
Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TNPrivate, 4-year 90.99%
0.20%
27.96%1,010$25,0002,33069.00%13 to 1
7
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Christian Brothers University Memphis, TNPrivate, 4-year 87.96%
0.50%
19.96%1,215$37,3001,93459.00%9 to 1
8
-
East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TNPublic, 4-year 87.00%
1.74%
25.00%1,050$13,034
($9,706)
13,48355.00%16 to 1
8
2
The University of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TNPublic, 4-year 87.00%
1.44%
25.01%1,090$16,234
($10,194)
6,86852.00%15 to 1
10
3
Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TNPublic, 4-year 83.00%
4.90%
27.00%1,110$20,116
($10,084)
9,90260.00%18 to 1
Average91.10%21.99%1,080$22,182
($9,595)
8,85753.40%15 to 1