Colleges in
Tennessee.

All 43 accredited 4-year colleges and universities in Tennessee, 11 public and 32 private. Ranked by 4-year graduation rate. Click any school for full details.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

Vanderbilt University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

93%

grad rate

Rhodes College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

83%

grad rate

The University of the South

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

81%

grad rate

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Tennessee · Public

74%

grad rate

Belmont University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

71%

grad rate

Lipscomb University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

70%

grad rate

Freed-Hardeman University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

70%

grad rate

Union University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

68%

grad rate

Milligan University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

62%

grad rate

Lee University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

62%

grad rate

Johnson University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

59%

grad rate

Welch College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

57%

grad rate

Tennessee Technological University

Tennessee · Public

56%

grad rate

Christian Brothers University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

55%

grad rate

Trevecca Nazarene University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

54%

grad rate

Middle Tennessee State University

Tennessee · Public

54%

grad rate

The University of Tennessee-Martin

Tennessee · Public

54%

grad rate

Bryan College-Dayton

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

53%

grad rate

Lincoln Memorial University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

52%

grad rate

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Tennessee · Public

52%

grad rate

East Tennessee State University

Tennessee · Public

52%

grad rate

Southern Adventist University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

50%

grad rate

Carson-Newman University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

50%

grad rate

University of Memphis

Tennessee · Public

50%

grad rate

Maryville College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

49%

grad rate

King University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

47%

grad rate

Cumberland University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

46%

grad rate

Baptist Health Sciences University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

46%

grad rate

Tennessee Wesleyan University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

46%

grad rate

Austin Peay State University

Tennessee · Public

42%

grad rate

Nossi College of Art and Design

Tennessee · Private for-profit

40%

grad rate

The University of Tennessee Southern

Tennessee · Public

36%

grad rate

Bethel University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

35%

grad rate

Fisk University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

35%

grad rate

Tennessee State University

Tennessee · Public

33%

grad rate

American Baptist College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

31%

grad rate

Tusculum University

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

28%

grad rate

Le Moyne-Owen College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

26%

grad rate

Lane College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

18%

grad rate

Mid-South Christian College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

Strayer University-Tennessee

Tennessee · Private for-profit

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Tennessee · Public

Williamson Christian College

Tennessee · Private nonprofit

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