10.4% / 5.3%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications48,196
Overall admit rate5.4%
In-state admit rate10.4%
Out-of-state admit rate5.3%
Enrolled1,635 · 63.0% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Class rank, Extracurriculars, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsRecs, Test scores, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
#7
Niche
Best Colleges in America
SourceListRankYr
NicheBest Colleges in America#726
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#1126
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#1726
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2926
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#3026
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Doctorate)#3226
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#3426
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceSoutheastern Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingTennessee colleges5
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Duke University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
Georgetown University DC · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14807K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
University of Pennsylvania PA · Private (nonprofit)4.9%—10K
Washington University in St Louis MO · Private (nonprofit)11.9%15308K
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Emory University GA · Private (nonprofit)10.3%15107K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.