Early Decision
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Early Decision: there is no Early Decision round
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What is The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's early decision acceptance rate?
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has no Early Decision acceptance rate to give: it runs no Early Decision round. Its early option is Early Action (not binding). The figure that compares early and regular odds there would be an early-round admit rate, and this page does not hold one.
Source: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Does applying early decision to The University of Tennessee-Knoxville help?
There is no Early Decision application to make: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville runs no Early Decision round. Its early option is Early Action (not binding): an offer does not commit you to attend, so applying early there does not use up the one binding Early Decision application you can make somewhere else.
Source: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Is early decision at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville binding?
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has no Early Decision round, so there is no binding early application to make there. Its early option is Early Action (not binding): an offer does not commit you to attend, and you keep the option of comparing aid offers. Early Decision itself is binding wherever a school offers it.
Source: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1200–1370
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
An Early Action offer is not binding, so applying early here does not end the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages either way.
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard).
In-state students only.
International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2018 to 2025, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's overall acceptance rate fell from 77.8% to 43.6%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s filing