Best Tennessee State Schools

View the Best Tennessee State Schools and compare the schools with key academic characteristics such as tuition and test scores to get right decision.

Top Tennessee State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 5 Tennessee State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. Fisk University ranked top in the Best Tennessee State Schools and Rhodes College and The University of the South follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $45,762 for undergraduate programs $37,087 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Tennessee State Programs is 1,351 and the acceptance rate is 50.46%. The average students to faculty ratio is 11.20 to 1 for top Tennessee State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top Tennessee State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
975 Fisk University
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Private, 4-yearsNashville, TN
$24,298 $19,074 1,05571% 1,269 SAT
22 ACT
12 to 1
397 Rhodes College
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Private, 4-yearsMemphis, TN
$54,892 $35,050 2,00854% 1,400 SAT
30 ACT
9 to 1
523 The University of the South
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Private, 4-yearsSewanee, TN
$53,698 $32,824 1,70452% 1,315 SAT
30 ACT
10 to 1
498 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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Public, 4-yearsKnoxville, TN
$31,974
($13,484)
$11,518 33,80568% 1,240 SAT
28 ACT
18 to 1
15 Vanderbilt University
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Private, 4-yearsNashville, TN
$63,946 $49,056 13,7107% 1,530 SAT
35 ACT
7 to 1
Average$45,762
($13,484)
$29,504 52,28250.46% 1,351 SAT
29.0000 ACT
11.20 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023