Safest Colleges in Tennessee
25 schools ranked by lowest violent crime rate from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Violent (4yr avg) | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCAT Athens Athens · public | 0 | $12,758 | 75.9% | $40,540 | — |
| 2 | Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis · private | 0 | $11,212 | 56.2% | $72,529 | 82.0% |
| 3 | Carson-Newman University Jefferson City · private | 0 | $20,251 | 57.0% | $48,382 | 90.5% |
| 4 | Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga · community | 0 | $5,283 | 28.0% | $37,598 | — |
| 5 | Austin's Beauty College Inc Clarksville · private | 0 | $9,989 | 70.6% | — | — |
| 6 | Cleveland State Community College Cleveland · community | 0 | $6,384 | 30.5% | $36,671 | — |
| 7 | Columbia State Community College Columbia · community | 0 | $4,734 | 30.9% | $40,256 | — |
| 8 | Cumberland University Lebanon · private | 0 | $18,759 | 58.6% | $57,687 | 67.3% |
| 9 | Lipscomb University Nashville · private | 0 | $24,739 | 67.7% | $55,541 | 67.7% |
| 10 | Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg · community | 0 | $4,612 | 31.8% | $36,132 | — |
| 11 | Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers Chattanooga · private | 0 | $33,625 | 66.4% | $25,954 | — |
| 12 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton · public | 0 | $8,568 | 79.9% | $35,069 | — |
| 13 | Welch College Gallatin · private | 0 | $25,263 | 55.1% | $42,198 | — |
| 14 | Freed-Hardeman University Henderson · private | 0 | $21,574 | 63.8% | $47,485 | 59.7% |
| 15 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman Harriman · public | 0 | $11,148 | 70.1% | $31,591 | — |
| 16 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville · public | 0 | $7,194 | 79.1% | $40,469 | — |
| 17 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald Hohenwald · public | 0 | $12,267 | 57.2% | $36,106 | — |
| 18 | Jackson State Community College Jackson · community | 0 | $6,236 | 28.3% | $35,224 | — |
| 19 | John A Gupton College Nashville · private | 0 | $19,334 | 72.1% | $46,902 | 100.0% |
| 20 | Johnson University Knoxville · private | 0 | $22,063 | 64.9% | $40,596 | 65.1% |
| 21 | Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville Powder Springs · private | 0 | $22,587 | 66.3% | $30,461 | — |
| 22 | King University Bristol · private | 0 | $22,347 | 66.1% | $59,831 | 99.7% |
| 23 | South College Knoxville · private | 0 | $17,858 | 44.1% | $36,642 | — |
| 24 | Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate · private | 0 | $20,406 | 62.0% | $49,956 | 62.6% |
| 25 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston Livingston · public | 0 | $12,612 | 75.9% | $33,497 | — |
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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.