Top colleges in Tennessee
WalletHub compared over 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States based on 33 key measures such as cost and financing, carer outcomes and student selectivity. The data set also ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary. The best schools in Tennessee are:
1. Vanderbilt University in Nashville, national rank of 11th best
2. Union University in Jackson, national rank of 90th best.
3. Rhodes College in Memphis, national rank of 119th best
4. Lipscomb University in Nashville, national rank of 17th best
5. Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, national rank of 209th best
6. Tennessee Wesleyan University in Athens, national rank of 321th best
7. Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, national rank of 339th best
8. University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, national rank of 375th best
9. Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, national rank of 394th best
10. Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, national rank of 405th best
Source: WalletHub. The top colleges in the U.S., in order were MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford University. In the Southeast, Georgia Tech ranked 16th best in the nation and Emory University ranked 38th. The best ranked college in Alabama is the University of Alabama with a national rank of 258. Other local colleges ranked among the top 500 schools include Berry College in Rome (441), Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., (445), and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (447).