Safest Colleges in Tennessee
25 schools ranked by lowest violent and sexual crime rates from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
| # | School | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Baptist College Nashville · private | $9,216 | 25.6% | $41,216 | — |
| 2 | Arnolds Beauty School Milan · private | $18,139 | 68.2% | $27,828 | — |
| 3 | TCAT Athens Athens · public | $12,758 | 75.9% | $40,540 | — |
| 4 | Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis · private | $11,212 | 56.2% | $72,529 | 82.0% |
| 5 | Carson-Newman University Jefferson City · private | $20,251 | 57.0% | $48,382 | 90.5% |
| 6 | Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga · community | $5,283 | 28.0% | $37,598 | — |
| 7 | Pentecostal Theological Seminary Cleveland · community | — | 23.4% | — | — |
| 8 | Austin's Beauty College Inc Clarksville · private | $9,989 | 70.6% | — | — |
| 9 | Cleveland State Community College Cleveland · community | $6,384 | 30.5% | $36,671 | — |
| 10 | Columbia State Community College Columbia · community | $4,734 | 30.9% | $40,256 | — |
| 11 | Cumberland University Lebanon · private | $18,759 | 58.6% | $57,687 | 67.3% |
| 12 | Lipscomb University Nashville · private | $24,739 | 67.7% | $55,541 | 67.7% |
| 13 | Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg · community | $4,612 | 31.8% | $36,132 | — |
| 14 | Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers Chattanooga · private | $33,625 | 66.4% | $25,954 | — |
| 15 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton · public | $8,568 | 79.9% | $35,069 | — |
| 16 | The Hair Academy LLC Fayetteville · private | $22,823 | 79.6% | $22,193 | — |
| 17 | Welch College Gallatin · private | $25,263 | 55.1% | $42,198 | — |
| 18 | Freed-Hardeman University Henderson · private | $21,574 | 63.8% | $47,485 | 59.7% |
| 19 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman Harriman · public | $11,148 | 70.1% | $31,591 | — |
| 20 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville · public | $7,194 | 79.1% | $40,469 | — |
| 21 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald Hohenwald · public | $12,267 | 57.2% | $36,106 | — |
| 22 | Jackson State Community College Jackson · community | $6,236 | 28.3% | $35,224 | — |
| 23 | John A Gupton College Nashville · private | $19,334 | 72.1% | $46,902 | 100.0% |
| 24 | Johnson University Knoxville · private | $22,063 | 64.9% | $40,596 | 65.1% |
| 25 | Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro · private | $18,716 | 68.3% | $30,461 | — |
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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.