| College | City | Size | Acceptance | Net price | Salary (10yr) |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro | 16,301 | 69% | $13,359 | $48,541 |
| University of Memphis | Memphis | 12,701 | 72% | $12,397 | $48,458 |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | 10,074 | 81% | $14,265 | $51,151 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City | 10,004 | 86% | $15,983 | $44,859 |
| South College | Knoxville | 8,745 | N/A | $17,858 | $36,642 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Cookeville | 8,698 | 76% | $14,246 | $48,501 |
| Austin Peay State University | Clarksville | 7,560 | 96% | $9,735 | $44,301 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville | 7,208 | 6% | $15,846 | $91,565 |
| Belmont University | Nashville | 7,137 | 95% | $33,147 | $55,930 |
| Pellissippi State Community College | Knoxville | 6,715 | N/A | $4,983 | $38,440 |
| Nashville State Community College | Nashville | 5,653 | N/A | $6,777 | $38,519 |
| Volunteer State Community College | Gallatin | 5,339 | N/A | $7,802 | $41,150 |
| Chattanooga State Community College | Chattanooga | 5,284 | N/A | $5,283 | $37,598 |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis | 5,047 | N/A | $4,754 | $34,071 |
| The University of Tennessee-Martin | Martin | 4,866 | 88% | $10,701 | $44,213 |
| Tennessee State University | Nashville | 4,848 | 70% | $15,796 | $42,730 |
| Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | 4,462 | N/A | $23,958 | $31,102 |
| Northeast State Community College | Blountville | 4,404 | N/A | $6,864 | $34,553 |
| Motlow State Community College | Tullahoma | 3,962 | N/A | $15,742 | $40,397 |
| Columbia State Community College | Columbia | 3,897 | N/A | $4,734 | $40,256 |
| Walters State Community College | Morristown | 3,591 | N/A | $5,387 | $37,085 |
| Roane State Community College | Harriman | 3,250 | N/A | $4,270 | $39,407 |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville | 2,997 | 68% | $24,739 | $55,541 |
| Southern Adventist University | Collegedale | 2,773 | 66% | $24,345 | $53,723 |
| Lee University | Cleveland | 2,617 | 71% | $18,878 | $43,222 |
| Jackson State Community College | Jackson | 2,511 | N/A | $6,236 | $35,224 |
| Cumberland University | Lebanon | 2,104 | 67% | $18,759 | $57,687 |
| Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | 2,103 | N/A | $4,612 | $36,132 |
| Cleveland State Community College | Cleveland | 1,975 | N/A | $6,384 | $36,671 |
| Rhodes College | Memphis | 1,836 | 50% | $28,585 | $66,651 |
| Strayer University-Tennessee | Nashville | 1,784 | N/A | $11,645 | $40,092 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville | 1,737 | 69% | $16,813 | $49,378 |
| SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville | Nashville | 1,712 | N/A | $24,700 | $39,544 |
| The University of the South | Sewanee | 1,607 | 57% | $27,872 | $64,911 |
| Union University | Jackson | 1,607 | 60% | $27,171 | $53,990 |
| Lincoln Memorial University | Harrogate | 1,572 | 63% | $20,406 | $49,956 |
| Bethel University | McKenzie | 1,547 | 60% | $12,595 | $47,482 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis | Memphis | 1,391 | N/A | $14,315 | $31,192 |
| Carson-Newman University | Jefferson City | 1,387 | 90% | $20,251 | $48,382 |
| Freed-Hardeman University | Henderson | 1,212 | 60% | $21,574 | $47,485 |
| Fisk University | Nashville | 1,035 | 37% | $32,020 | $45,454 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus | Nashville | 1,027 | N/A | $27,267 | $61,480 |
| Maryville College | Maryville | 1,005 | 61% | $19,360 | $49,279 |
| Nashville Auto-Diesel College | Nashville | 967 | N/A | $32,544 | $46,396 |
| King University | Bristol | 908 | 100% | $22,347 | $59,831 |
| Christian Brothers University | Memphis | 905 | 87% | $9,854 | $57,478 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville | Knoxville | 887 | N/A | $20,012 | $37,235 |
| The University of Tennessee Southern | Pulaski | 864 | 87% | $12,798 | $38,924 |
| Tennessee Wesleyan University | Athens | 846 | 69% | $14,836 | $45,989 |
| Milligan University | Milligan | 818 | 72% | $21,365 | $46,641 |
| Bryan College-Dayton | Dayton | 814 | N/A | $20,614 | $54,434 |
| Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | Nashville | 805 | N/A | N/A | $62,978 |
| Tusculum University | Greeneville | 785 | 72% | $21,131 | $44,367 |
| Baptist Health Sciences University | Memphis | 770 | 82% | $11,212 | $72,529 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville | Nashville | 759 | N/A | $15,816 | $38,955 |
| Johnson University | Knoxville | 743 | 65% | $22,063 | $40,596 |
| Lane College | Jackson | 736 | N/A | $10,904 | $31,670 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest | Newbern | 717 | N/A | $9,698 | $38,514 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson | Dickson | 714 | N/A | $14,780 | $36,829 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro | 709 | N/A | $6,631 | $40,869 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown | Morristown | 642 | N/A | $15,910 | $38,837 |
| Le Moyne-Owen College | Memphis | 581 | 99% | $7,099 | $35,594 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson | Jackson | 563 | N/A | $8,472 | $38,383 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton | Elizabethton | 546 | N/A | $8,568 | $35,069 |
| Concorde Career College-Memphis | Memphis | 517 | 95% | $24,563 | $31,599 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville | Shelbyville | 412 | N/A | $7,573 | $38,700 |
| The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Memphis | 394 | N/A | N/A | $66,318 |
| Fortis Institute-Nashville | Nashville | 393 | N/A | $29,039 | $32,886 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crump | Crump | 388 | N/A | N/A | $30,796 |
| William R Moore College of Technology | Memphis | 366 | N/A | $14,957 | $32,194 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland | Crossville | 360 | N/A | $10,865 | $35,551 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald | Hohenwald | 346 | N/A | $12,267 | $36,106 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston | Livingston | 340 | N/A | $12,612 | $33,497 |
| Fortis Institute-Cookeville | Cookeville | 334 | N/A | $23,582 | $34,509 |
| Remington College-Memphis Campus | Memphis | 331 | N/A | $26,572 | $31,349 |
| Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc | Knoxville | 323 | N/A | $10,052 | $19,913 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville | McMinnville | 302 | N/A | $11,413 | $40,322 |
| Genesis Career College-Cookeville | Cookeville | 300 | N/A | $12,321 | $22,652 |
| Remington College-Nashville Campus | Nashville | 280 | N/A | $29,098 | $31,349 |
| Brillare Beauty Institute | Cleveland | 265 | N/A | $17,894 | $24,728 |
| Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers | Chattanooga | 252 | N/A | $33,625 | $25,954 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville | Hartsville | 247 | N/A | $7,194 | $40,469 |
| Nossi College of Art and Design | Nashville | 247 | 46% | $24,044 | $35,113 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman | Harriman | 246 | N/A | $11,148 | $31,591 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski | Pulaski | 246 | N/A | $15,269 | $40,368 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville | Hendersonville | 237 | N/A | $22,587 | $30,461 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro | Jacksboro | 231 | N/A | $12,746 | $36,449 |
| Welch College | Gallatin | 226 | N/A | $25,263 | $42,198 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis | Memphis | 216 | N/A | $18,186 | $25,306 |
| TCAT Athens | Athens | 205 | N/A | $12,758 | $40,540 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro | 201 | N/A | $18,716 | $30,461 |
| Herzing University-Nashville | Nashville | 201 | 93% | $20,537 | $36,909 |
| Academy of Allied Health Careers | Chattanooga | 194 | N/A | $12,410 | N/A |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll | Paris | 180 | N/A | $10,060 | $29,074 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville | Huntsville | 171 | N/A | $15,875 | $31,949 |
| John A Gupton College | Nashville | 166 | 100% | $19,334 | $46,902 |
| Empire Beauty School-E Memphis | Memphis | 156 | N/A | $15,771 | $22,377 |
| Gould's Academy | Memphis | 148 | N/A | $11,001 | N/A |
| Gould's Academy | Bartlett | 135 | N/A | $19,261 | N/A |
| Lawrenceburg Technical College | Lawrenceburg | 128 | N/A | $9,581 | $25,089 |