Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, Tennessee 1851 Private/Baptist 2,115 Catawba College Salisbury, North Carolina 1851 Private/United Church of Christ 1,300 Lenoir-Rhyne College Hickory, North Carolina 1891 Private/Lutheran 1,500 Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, Tennessee 1897 Private/Non-sectarian 2,579 Mars Hill College Mars Hill, North Carolina 1856 Private/Baptist 1,135 Newberry College Newberry, South Carolina 1856 Private/Lutheran 800 Presbyterian College * Clinton, South Carolina 1880 Private/Presbyterian 1,200 Tusculum College Tusculum, Tennessee 1794 Private/Presbyterian 2,053 Wingate University Wingate, North Carolina 1896 Private/Baptist 1,600