The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville admitted 23,464 of 53,841 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (43.6%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Three things The University of Tennessee-Knoxville published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville required a test score of the fall 2023 entering class.
That is the school’s answer on the federal survey for that class. A test policy can change between surveys, so treat it as the last measured position rather than today’s rule. 25% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
134 admitted from a waitlist of 11,980.
3,516 students accepted a place on that list, and 134 were admitted from it, 3.8% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
25% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 80% sent an ACT. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville files test scores under “required”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
43.6%
23,464 admitted of 53,841 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1280–1380
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
26–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.25
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
25%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
80%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 78% to 46%.
What The University of Tennessee-Knoxville says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 11,980
- Accepted the place
- 3,516
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 134
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $18,976 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $10,029
- $30k–$48k
- $12,162
- $48k–$75k
- $18,206
- $75k–$110k
- $23,627
- Over $110k
- $25,688
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Tennessee
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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