Tennessee

Where Tennessee's high school graduates go to college

98,037
Total Freshmen
1206
Destination Colleges
83%
Stay In-State
61%
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Top Destination Colleges

Where Tennessee's high school graduates enroll as freshmen

# College State Freshmen Share
1 The University of Tennessee-Knoxvil in-state Tennessee 7,597 7.7%
2 Middle Tennessee State University in-state Tennessee 5,327 5.4%
3 University of Memphis in-state Tennessee 4,106 4.2%
4 The University of Tennessee-Chattan in-state Tennessee 4,037 4.1%
5 Pellissippi State Community College in-state Tennessee 3,998 4.1%
6 Volunteer State Community College in-state Tennessee 3,606 3.7%
7 Tennessee Technological University in-state Tennessee 3,168 3.2%
8 Motlow State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,989 3.0%
9 Columbia State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,901 3.0%
10 Southwest Tennessee Community Colle in-state Tennessee 2,653 2.7%
11 East Tennessee State University in-state Tennessee 2,587 2.6%
12 Austin Peay State University in-state Tennessee 2,481 2.5%
13 Walters State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,450 2.5%
14 Chattanooga State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,376 2.4%
15 Nashville State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,355 2.4%
16 Northeast State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,122 2.2%
17 Roane State Community College in-state Tennessee 2,039 2.1%
18 The University of Tennessee-Martin in-state Tennessee 1,980 2.0%
19 Jackson State Community College in-state Tennessee 1,633 1.7%
20 Cleveland State Community College in-state Tennessee 1,300 1.3%
21 Tennessee State University in-state Tennessee 1,287 1.3%
22 Cumberland University in-state Tennessee 1,144 1.2%
23 Dyersburg State Community College in-state Tennessee 974 1.0%
24 Western Kentucky University Kentucky 857 0.9%
25 Belmont University in-state Tennessee 855 0.9%
26 Lipscomb University in-state Tennessee 822 0.8%
27 Mississippi State University Mississippi 747 0.8%
28 Bethel University in-state Tennessee 690 0.7%
29 Lee University in-state Tennessee 673 0.7%
30 The University of Alabama Alabama 631 0.6%
31 South College in-state Tennessee 626 0.6%
32 Carson-Newman University in-state Tennessee 535 0.5%
33 University of Mississippi Mississippi 481 0.5%
34 Trevecca Nazarene University in-state Tennessee 445 0.5%
35 Freed-Hardeman University in-state Tennessee 424 0.4%
36 Union University in-state Tennessee 410 0.4%
37 Christian Brothers University in-state Tennessee 405 0.4%
38 Maryville College in-state Tennessee 386 0.4%
39 Strayer University-Tennessee in-state Tennessee 386 0.4%
40 Auburn University Alabama 370 0.4%
41 University of Alabama in Huntsville Alabama 357 0.4%
42 Genesis Career College-Cookeville in-state Tennessee 351 0.4%
43 Samford University Alabama 328 0.3%
44 Tusculum University in-state Tennessee 324 0.3%
45 Bryan College-Dayton in-state Tennessee 323 0.3%
46 Southern New Hampshire University New Hampshire 312 0.3%
47 Vanderbilt University in-state Tennessee 304 0.3%
48 Concorde Career College-Memphis in-state Tennessee 303 0.3%
49 Tennessee Wesleyan University in-state Tennessee 293 0.3%
50 Delta Technical College-Mississippi Mississippi 259 0.3%