University of Tennessee, Knoxville's admit rate has fallen 34.2 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 43.6% | 7,143 | 74.5% | 92.4% | 1,330 |
| 2024-2025 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-2024 | 46.0% | 6,694 | — | — | 1,260 |
| 2022-2023 | 68.4% | 6,846 | 72.6% | 88.6% | 1,235 |
| 2021-2022 | 74.9% | 5,948 | 72.2% | 87.8% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Admit rate has tightened 31.4 percentage points over 4 reporting cycles.
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's admit rate fell from 74.9% (2021-2022) to 43.6% (2025-2026) — a 31.4 pp drop. Year-over-year: 74.9 → 68.4 → 46.0 → 43.6. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools The University of Tennessee-Knoxville applicants most commonly also apply to range from 34.2% admit to 96.6% admit — a 62.3 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 18 percentage points.
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's 74.5% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 18.2 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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