10-yr median earnings
$62,978
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Nashville, Tennessee
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is a private for-profit institution in Nashville, Tennessee. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- $62,978
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 12%
- former-student earnings, US
- -8%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Carnegie: Special Focus (2yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
A-
College Value Score
82/100
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A
$62,978
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt A+
$6,840
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C
63.6%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$62,978 Top 12% higher than 88% of 5,103 US colleges
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Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $62,978 | #628 of 5103 | 88th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 805 | #2394 of 5462 | 56th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
805
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$62,978
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting ranks in Tennessee
State rank among 120 reporting Tennessee colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $62,978 | #8 of 120 | 93rd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 805 | #53 of 130 | 59th |
Highest former-student earnings in Tennessee
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University | $91,565 | $15,846 |
| 2 | Baptist Health Sciences University | $72,529 | $11,212 |
| 3 | Rhodes College | $66,651 | $28,585 |
| 4 | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | $66,318 | - |
| 5 | Jersey College - Cleveland | $66,087 | - |
| 6 | Jersey College - Knoxville | $66,087 | - |
| 7 | The University of the South | $64,911 | $27,872 |
| 8 | Meridian Institute of Surgical AssistingThis school | $62,978 | - |
| 9 | Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus | $61,480 | $27,267 |
| 10 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | $60,249 | $18,976 |
| 11 | King University | $59,831 | $22,347 |
| 12 | Cumberland University | $57,687 | $18,759 |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
73.7%
Female
55.4%
First Generation
Outcomes
$68,179
Median Earnings (6yr)
63.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $68,179 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $62,978 |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 63.6% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $6,840 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $73/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 1 | 28 | $91,261 | $91,261 | $13,174 |
| Certificate | 1 | 466 | $79,119 | $79,119 | $6,840 |
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's | 28 | $91,261 | $13,174 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 466 | $79,119 | $6,840 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting? ▼
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is a private for-profit institution in Nashville, Tennessee. Undergraduate enrollment is 805 students.
How much do Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $62,978 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $68,179.
Is Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is $6,840, while former students earn a median of $62,978 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 11% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 63.6% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $73.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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