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Highest graduation rate in Tennessee
63 colleges in Tennessee with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Vanderbilt University · TN · Private (nonprofit)94%2Rhodes College · TN · Private (nonprofit)85%3Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton · TN · Public81%4The University of the South · TN · Private (nonprofit)80%5Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown · TN · Public80%6Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson · TN · Public80%7Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro · TN · Public76%8Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson · TN · Public74%9The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · TN · Public74%10Lipscomb University · TN · Private (nonprofit)72%11Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville · TN · Public71%12Freed-Hardeman University · TN · Private (nonprofit)71%13Belmont University · TN · Private (nonprofit)71%14Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville · TN · Public70%15Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest · TN · Public69%16Nashville Auto-Diesel College · TN · Private (for-profit)68%17Union University · TN · Private (nonprofit)66%18Milligan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)63%19Lee University · TN · Private (nonprofit)63%20Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga · TN · Private (for-profit)60%21Tennessee Technological University · TN · Public58%22Johnson University · TN · Private (nonprofit)57%23Concorde Career College-Memphis · TN · Private (for-profit)55%24Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis · TN · Public55%25Christian Brothers University · TN · Private (nonprofit)55%26Middle Tennessee State University · TN · Public54%27Carson-Newman University · TN · Private (nonprofit)53%28East Tennessee State University · TN · Public53%29Trevecca Nazarene University · TN · Private (nonprofit)53%30The University of Tennessee-Martin · TN · Public53%31University of Memphis · TN · Public51%32The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga · TN · Public50%33Maryville College · TN · Private (nonprofit)50%34Bryan College-Dayton · TN · Private (nonprofit)50%35Lincoln Memorial University · TN · Private (nonprofit)50%36Southern Adventist University · TN · Private (nonprofit)49%37King University · TN · Private (nonprofit)48%38Tennessee Wesleyan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)48%39Cumberland University · TN · Private (nonprofit)46%40South College · TN · Private (for-profit)42%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted only by highest graduation rate — this is not an overall quality ranking.