Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Tennessee

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Tennessee, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 37 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Strayer University-TennesseeNashville, Tennessee100.0%——$12k$40k0%1,784319 mi 2Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee96.3%6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 3Rhodes CollegeMemphis, Tennessee92.3%50%1362$29k$67k85%1,836326 mi 4The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee91.9%42%1311$19k$60k74%30,418294 mi 5Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee89.0%60%1256$27k$54k66%1,607345 mi 6The University of the SouthSewanee, Tennessee88.9%57%1344$28k$65k80%1,607324 mi 7Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee86.9%95%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 8Freed-Hardeman UniversityHenderson, Tennessee85.9%60%1109$22k$47k71%1,212327 mi 9Lipscomb UniversityNashville, Tennessee83.6%68%1256$25k$56k72%2,997378 mi 10Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee82.8%66%1129$24k$54k49%2,773297 mi 11Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee82.3%71%1145$19k$43k63%2,617293 mi 12Milligan UniversityMilligan, Tennessee81.5%72%1189$21k$47k63%818264 mi 13Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee79.5%69%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi 14Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee78.2%76%1151$14k$49k58%8,698365 mi 15University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee77.4%72%1088$12k$48k51%12,701322 mi 16The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, Tennessee77.2%87%1083$13k$39k37%864314 mi 17The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee77.0%88%1120$11k$44k53%4,866375 mi 18East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee75.7%86%1144$16k$45k53%10,004267 mi 19Christian Brothers UniversityMemphis, Tennessee74.9%87%1098$10k$57k55%905324 mi 20Carson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, Tennessee74.2%90%1117$20k$48k53%1,387290 mi 21Fisk UniversityNashville, Tennessee73.8%37%1200$32k$45k30%1,035378 mi 22Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee73.6%69%1091$17k$49k53%1,737380 mi 23The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee72.5%81%1147$14k$51k50%10,074308 mi 24Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, Tennessee72.0%69%1090$15k$46k48%846294 mi 25Lincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, Tennessee71.7%63%1092$20k$50k50%1,572321 mi 26Maryville CollegeMaryville, Tennessee71.3%61%—$19k$49k50%1,005284 mi 27Bryan College-DaytonDayton, Tennessee71.0%——$21k$54k50%814313 mi 28Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Tennessee70.0%96%1088$10k$44k40%7,560352 mi 29Johnson UniversityKnoxville, Tennessee69.4%65%1078$22k$41k57%743287 mi 30Tusculum UniversityGreeneville, Tennessee62.9%72%—$21k$44k25%785274 mi 31King UniversityBristol, Tennessee60.1%100%—$22k$60k48%908272 mi 32Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee59.5%67%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 33Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Tennessee53.9%60%972$13k$47k35%1,547374 mi 34Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis, Tennessee52.6%82%1050$11k$73k40%770325 mi 35Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, Tennessee47.2%99%—$7k$36k27%581324 mi 36Lane CollegeJackson, Tennessee44.3%——$11k$32k18%736341 mi 37Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee33.5%70%1000$16k$43k34%4,848378 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.