Every college in Tennessee

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Colleges listed

that report an SAT range

5.9%

Most selective

Vanderbilt University

30,418

Largest

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

26%

Require the SAT

the rest are test-optional or test-flexible

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Colleges in Tennessee with SAT ranges

Below range	Nashville	Private	5.9%	1,630	15001570	No	$15,846
Within range	Nashville	Private	37%	374	11401510	No	$32,020
Within range	Knoxville	Public	42%	6,804	12001370	Yes	$18,976
Below range	Memphis	Private	50%	388	13001486	No	$28,585
Below range	Sewanee	Private	57%	478	12601390	No	$27,872
Above range	Henderson	Private	60%	283	9521087	No	$21,574
Above range	McKenzie	Private	60%	288	8301120	No	$12,595
Within range	Jackson	Private	60%	358	11601390	No	$27,171
Within range	Harrogate	Private	63%	357	10001210	No	$20,406
Above range	Knoxville	Private	65%	167	9601110	No	$22,063
Within range	Collegedale	Private	66%	703	10201300	No	$24,345
Within range	Nashville	Private	68%	719	11601380	No	$24,739
Within range	Murfreesboro	Public	69%	3,149	10101230	Yes	$13,359
Within range	Nashville	Private	69%	456	9801235	No	$16,813
Above range	Nashville	Public	70%	880	8801050	Yes	$15,796
Within range	Cleveland	Private	71%	589	10401230	No	$18,878
Above range	Memphis	Public	72%	1,962	9151180	Yes	$12,397
Within range	Milligan	Private	72%	215	11331268	No	$21,365
Within range	Cookeville	Public	76%	2,006	10481310	No	$14,246
Within range	Chattanooga	Public	81%	2,489	10131210	Yes	$14,265
Within range	Johnson City	Public	86%	2,138	9801200	No	$15,983
Within range	Memphis	Private	87%	175	10201380	No	$9,854
Above range	Pulaski	Public	87%	172	9051110	Yes	$12,798
Within range	Martin	Public	88%	1,220	9701210	Yes	$10,701
Within range	Jefferson City	Private	90%	373	9551215	No	$20,251
Within range	Nashville	Private	95%	1,547	11601350	No	$33,147
Above range	Clarksville	Public	96%	1,677	8431126	No	$9,735

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Below range
Nashville5.9% admitted1,630 first-years7,208 undergrads$15,846
15001570
Within range
Nashville37% admitted374 first-years1,035 undergrads$32,020
11401510
Within range
Knoxville42% admitted6,804 first-years30,418 undergrads$18,976
12001370
Below range
Memphis50% admitted388 first-years1,836 undergrads$28,585
13001486
Below range
Sewanee57% admitted478 first-years1,607 undergrads$27,872
12601390
Above range
Henderson60% admitted283 first-years1,212 undergrads$21,574
9521087
Above range
McKenzie60% admitted288 first-years1,547 undergrads$12,595
8301120
Within range
Jackson60% admitted358 first-years1,607 undergrads$27,171
11601390
Within range
Harrogate63% admitted357 first-years1,572 undergrads$20,406
10001210
Above range
Knoxville65% admitted167 first-years743 undergrads$22,063
9601110
Within range
Collegedale66% admitted703 first-years2,773 undergrads$24,345
10201300
Within range
Nashville68% admitted719 first-years2,997 undergrads$24,739
11601380
Within range
Murfreesboro69% admitted3,149 first-years16,301 undergrads$13,359
10101230
Within range
Nashville69% admitted456 first-years1,737 undergrads$16,813
9801235
Above range
Nashville70% admitted880 first-years4,848 undergrads$15,796
8801050
Within range
Cleveland71% admitted589 first-years2,617 undergrads$18,878
10401230
Above range
Memphis72% admitted1,962 first-years12,701 undergrads$12,397
9151180
Within range
Milligan72% admitted215 first-years818 undergrads$21,365
11331268
Within range
Cookeville76% admitted2,006 first-years8,698 undergrads$14,246
10481310
Within range
Chattanooga81% admitted2,489 first-years10,074 undergrads$14,265
10131210
Within range
Johnson City86% admitted2,138 first-years10,004 undergrads$15,983
9801200
Within range
Memphis87% admitted175 first-years905 undergrads$9,854
10201380
Above range
Pulaski87% admitted172 first-years864 undergrads$12,798
9051110
Within range
Martin88% admitted1,220 first-years4,866 undergrads$10,701
9701210
Within range
Jefferson City90% admitted373 first-years1,387 undergrads$20,251
9551215
Within range
Nashville95% admitted1,547 first-years7,137 undergrads$33,147
11601350
Above range
Clarksville96% admitted1,677 first-years7,560 undergrads$9,735
8431126

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How to read a college's SAT range

Enrolled, not admitted. The middle 50% counts students who showed up in the fall, so it can run a little below the admitted range.
Totals are section sums. The Scorecard publishes section ranges; the true total-score 25th percentile is usually a bit higher.
Test-optional skews high. Only students who sent scores are counted — read the range as the bar for a score worth sending.
Under ~15% admitted changes the question. There, SAT position alone doesn't predict admission.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data release June 10, 2026. SAT ranges are the 25th–75th percentiles of enrolled first-year students (Fall 2024 entering class, IPEDS). Total-score ranges are the sum of the section percentiles. Applicant counts and year-over-year trends come from the NCES IPEDS Admissions survey; schools report about eighteen months after they admit a class, so the newest complete year is not the current cycle. Ranked lists cover schools with at least 1,000 undergraduates — and, for the trend lists, at least 1,000 applicants in both years — because below those floors one strong year reads as a huge swing. First-year class sizes are the entering class from the IPEDS Admissions survey; undergraduates are total enrollment.