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Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga

Chattanooga, Tennessee · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate
$23,958
Avg net price
60%
Grad / completion
$31,102
Median earnings

Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Chattanooga, Tennessee (midsize city setting), enrolling 4,462 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitMidsize · 4,462 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

About Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Sites dating back to the Upper Paleolithic period (c. 10,000 BCE) show continuous human occupation through the Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian/Muskogean/Yuchi (900–1714 CE), and Cherokee (1776–1838) periods. Chattanooga has been referred to in pop culture numerous times over the decades, including in books, documentaries, films, TV shows, and more. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To the ocean
302 miles
Nearest airport
1 mile to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA)

How Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga compares

Graduation rate60%

Higher than 49% · #51 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention0%

Higher than 1%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,102

Higher than 35% · #49 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$23,958

Cheaper than 20% · #73 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$15,917

Lower than 12%

Student–faculty ratio49 : 1

Lower than 1%

Undergraduate enrollment4,462

Larger than 90%

Percentiles compare Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

4,462undergrads
  • Women2,27851%
  • Men2,18449%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White27%
  • Black56%
  • Hispanic7.5%
  • Other or multiracial8.6%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,462
Student–faculty ratio
49 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
86%
First-generation students
59%
Students over 25
82%
Median family income
$16,310
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$42,849

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$23,958

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
60%
First-year retention
0%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$26,349
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,102
Median debt at graduation
$15,917
Students with federal loans
80%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
60%
Low-income (Pell)
59%
First-generation
46%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$40

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (4,462 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$23,939
$30–48k
$23,298
$48–75k
$26,084
$75–110k
$29,203
$110k+
—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$31,102
Typical debt at graduation
$15,917
Debt vs. one year's pay
51%
Out-earn a HS grad
47%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$28,590
Men
$36,975

Men out-earn women by $8,385 (29%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
32°F
Annual rain
55″
Annual snow
3.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chattanooga Lovell AP, TN US station (1.1 mi from campus).

What Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga graduates study — and earn

Ground TransportationCert.
99 grads$47k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.
69 grads$23k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$24k debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.
68 grads$26k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$27k debt
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.
58 grads$29k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$34k debt
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssoc.
52 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.
41 grads$24k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$31k debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.
25 grads$23k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$17k debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.
21 grads$37k 1 yr$41k 5 yr$27k debt
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.
20 grads$35k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$26k debt
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.
17 grads$19k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$12k debt
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.
0 grads$27k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$27k debt
Health and Medical Administrative Services
0 grads$35k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$58k debt

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.