10-yr median earnings
$31,192
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis is a public institution in Memphis, Tennessee. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
The verdict
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
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, 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.
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.
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
10-yr median earnings
$31,192
Federal aid recipients only
Avg net price
$14,315
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
47.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
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.
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.
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$31,192 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $31,192 | #3933 of 5103 | 23rd |
| Average net price | $14,315 | #1960 of 5020 | 61st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 47.2% | #3172 of 4858 | 35th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,391 | #1841 of 5462 | 66th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
State rank among 120 reporting Tennessee colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $31,192 | #98 of 120 | 18th |
| Average net price | $14,315 | #56 of 124 | 55th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 47.2% | #82 of 117 | 30th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,391 | #39 of 130 | 70th |
| # | 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 Assisting | $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 |
| 98 | Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MemphisThis school | $31,192 | $14,315 |
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
$0 – $30k
$14,714 net price / yr
$30k – $48k
$12,613 net price / yr
$48k – $75k
$15,374 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
| Average Net Price | $14,315 |
Average net price moved +24.2% over 10 years, from $5,982 to $7,429 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
Over the same years, enrollment went +31.9% (817 → 1,078 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 47.2% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $29,067 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $31,192 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 42.6% |
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
$69,143 median earnings
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
$53,935 median earnings
Precision Metal Working
$52,924 median earnings
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
$42,879 median earnings
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
$37,933 median earnings
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
$37,650 median earnings
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
$31,052 median earnings
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$27,174 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 24 | $69,143 | - |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 85 | $53,935 | - |
| Precision Metal Working | Certificate | 36 | $52,924 | - |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) | Certificate | 23 | $42,879 | - |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 18 | $37,933 | - |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 12 | $37,650 | - |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services | Certificate | 15 | $31,052 | - |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Certificate | 24 | $27,174 | - |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 7 | $25,891 | - |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services | Certificate | 52 | $17,901 | - |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | Certificate | 7 | - | - |
| Nursing | Certificate | - | - | - |
Matches use Scorecard measures among reporting colleges — not state-system recommendations or geographic proximity.
Other Public institutions closest in reported enrollment, preferring the same Carnegie classification.
Other Public institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
Same-sector institutions with the same direction and nearest fitted annual change; only series with R² of at least 0.40 qualify.
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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