Highest Graduation Rate Colleges in Tennessee
25 schools ranked by six-year graduation rate from federal IPEDS data. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University Nashville · private | $15,846 | 93.4% | $91,565 | 5.9% |
| 2 | Rhodes College Memphis · private | $28,585 | 82.8% | $66,651 | 50.3% |
| 3 | The University of the South Sewanee · private | $27,872 | 81.3% | $64,911 | 56.9% |
| 4 | John A Gupton College Nashville · private | $19,334 | 72.1% | $46,902 | 100.0% |
| 5 | Belmont University Nashville · private | $33,147 | 71.4% | $55,930 | 95.3% |
| 6 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · public | $18,976 | 71.2% | $60,249 | 41.6% |
| 7 | Concorde Career College-Memphis Memphis · private | $24,563 | 68.2% | $31,599 | 95.1% |
| 8 | Lipscomb University Nashville · private | $24,739 | 67.7% | $55,541 | 67.7% |
| 9 | Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers Chattanooga · private | $33,625 | 66.4% | $25,954 | — |
| 10 | King University Bristol · private | $22,347 | 66.1% | $59,831 | 99.7% |
| 11 | Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville Nashville · private | $32,544 | 65.4% | $46,396 | — |
| 12 | Tennessee Technological University Cookeville · public | $14,246 | 65.0% | $48,501 | 76.1% |
| 13 | Johnson University Knoxville · private | $22,063 | 64.9% | $40,596 | 65.1% |
| 14 | Milligan University Milligan · private | $21,365 | 64.8% | $46,641 | 72.3% |
| 15 | Union University Jackson · private | $27,171 | 64.0% | $53,990 | 60.4% |
| 16 | Freed-Hardeman University Henderson · private | $21,574 | 63.8% | $47,485 | 59.7% |
| 17 | William R Moore College of Technology Memphis · community | $14,957 | 62.7% | $32,194 | — |
| 18 | Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate · private | $20,406 | 62.0% | $49,956 | 62.6% |
| 19 | Nossi College of Art and Design Nashville · private | $24,044 | 61.2% | $35,113 | 46.3% |
| 20 | Southern Adventist University Collegedale · private | $24,345 | 60.9% | $53,723 | 65.5% |
| 21 | East Tennessee State University Johnson City · public | $15,983 | 59.5% | $44,859 | 86.2% |
| 22 | Christian Brothers University Memphis · private | $9,854 | 59.2% | $57,478 | 86.7% |
| 23 | Cumberland University Lebanon · private | $18,759 | 58.6% | $57,687 | 67.3% |
| 24 | Fortis Institute-Cookeville Cookeville · private | $23,582 | 58.1% | $34,509 | — |
| 25 | Carson-Newman University Jefferson City · private | $20,251 | 57.0% | $48,382 | 90.5% |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.