Top Ranked Universities in Tennessee - Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores

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Top Ranked Universities in Tennessee - Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores

Rank in Tennessee			Highest ACT 75th Percentile Scores
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	Vanderbilt University	35	34 (↑2.9%)
2 ↑	7	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	31	29 (↑6.9%)
3	3	Rhodes College	31	No Change
4 ↑	5	Union University	30	29 (↑3.4%)
5 ↑	8	Lipscomb University	29	28 (↑3.6%)
6	6	Belmont University	29	No Change
7 ↑	18	Maryville College	29	26 (↑11.5%)
8 ↑	10	Lee University	28	27 (↑3.7%)
9 ↑	13	Freed-Hardeman University	28	27 (↑3.7%)
10	N/A	Milligan College	28	Not Available
11 ↑	20	East Tennessee State University	27	25 (↑8.0%)
12 ↑	17	Tennessee Technological University	27	26 (↑3.8%)
13 ↑	25	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	27	25 (↑8.0%)
14	14	Aquinas College	27	No Change
15 ↑	29	Middle Tennessee State University	26	24 (↑8.3%)
16	16	Milligan College	26	No Change
17 ↑	26	The University of Tennessee-Martin	26	25 (↑4.0%)
18 ↑	27	Bryan College-Dayton	26	25 (↑4.0%)
19 ↑	28	University of Memphis	26	25 (↑4.0%)
20 ↓	15	Carson-Newman University	26	No Change

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