Public · Community college

Motlow State Community College

Tullahoma, Tennessee · Fringe rural

14%
Transfer rate: $15,742
Avg net price: 34%
Grad / completion: $40,397
Median earnings

Motlow State Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Tullahoma, Tennessee (fringe rural setting), enrolling 3,962 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 3,962 undergradsFringe ruralNJCAA Division ICold winters

About Tullahoma, Tennessee

Tullahoma is a city in Coffee and Franklin counties in southern Middle Tennessee, United States. Tullahoma was founded in 1852 as a work camp along the new Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Its name is derived from the Choctaw phrase tʋli homma, meaning "red rock". (Wikipedia)

Setting: Fringe rural
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 47 miles to Huntsville, AL
To the ocean: 331 miles
Nearest airport: 57 miles to Nashville (BNA) · major hub

How Motlow State Community College compares

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 18% · #69 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention55%

Higher than 16%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,397

Higher than 70% · #10 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$15,742

Cheaper than 48% · #48 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment3,962

Larger than 89%

Percentiles compare Motlow State Community College 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

Women2,47162%
Men1,49138%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White62%
Black11%
Hispanic14%
Asian2.9%
Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 3,962
Student–faculty ratio: 22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 28%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 17%
Median family income: $26,000
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $66,510
Endowment: $11,204,461

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,576 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Tennessee99%
Other U.S. states1.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Motlow State Community College draws overwhelmingly from Tennessee.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $4,738
Out-of-state tuition: $17,722
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,470
Total cost of attendance: $24,326
Average net price: $15,742

Outcomes

Graduated: 34%
First-year retention: 55%
Transferred to another college: 14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $35,751
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $40,397
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 47%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

34%

First-generation

27%

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: Free
Athletics: NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes: 86 (45 men · 41 women)

Varsity sports (4)

Baseball32

Basketball21

Soccer20

Softball13

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

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

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

$15,003

$30–48k

$15,026

$48–75k

$17,151

$75–110k

$18,151

$110k+

$17,265

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,671

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,671. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 1,434 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $40,397
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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

$36,200

Men

$47,316

Men out-earn women by $11,116 (31%) 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: 87°F
Winter low: 29°F
Annual rain: 60.6″
Annual snow: 2.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Tullahoma, TN US station (5.3 mi from campus).

What Motlow State Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

730 grads$27k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$6k debt

730$26,915$41,823$5,500 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

57 grads$42k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

57$42,267——Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

42 grads$67k 1 yr$70k 5 yr$7k debt

42$66,609$69,622$7,086 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

42 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

42———Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

40 grads$39k 1 yr— 5 yr$7k debt

40$39,211—$6,825 Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCert.

27 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

27———Education, GeneralAssoc.

23 grads— 1 yr$39k 5 yr— debt

23—$38,655—Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

19 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

19———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssoc.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

2 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

2———

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.