Private for-profit · Community college

North Central Institute

Clarksville, Tennessee · Midsize city

#1 graduation rate in Tennessee#3 for grad earnings in Tennessee

0%
Transfer rate: $17,566
Avg net price: 100%
Grad / completion: $55,027
Median earnings

North Central Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Clarksville, Tennessee (midsize city setting), enrolling 61 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 61 undergradsMidsize cityCold winters

About Clarksville, Tennessee

Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, its county seat, and only incorporated municipality. In the years between 1771 and 1775, John Montgomery, the namesake of the county, along with Kasper Mansker, visited the area while on a hunting expedition. The Monkees 1966 #1 song "Last Train to Clarksville" is sometimes said to reference the city's train depot and a soldier from Fort Campbell during the Vietnam War era, but Clarksville was actually picked just for its euphonious sound. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 48 miles to Nashville, TN
To Great Lakes shore: 346 miles
Nearest airport: 54 miles to Nashville (BNA) · major hub

How North Central Institute compares

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 98% · #1 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$55,027

Higher than 94% · #3 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$17,566

Cheaper than 41% · #54 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment61

Larger than 17%

Percentiles compare North Central Institute 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 race / ethnicity

White74%
Black15%
Hispanic6.6%
Other or multiracial4.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 61
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 16%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 64%
Median family income: $21,668
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $35,361

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: $17,566

Outcomes

Graduated: 100%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $50,635
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $55,027
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 9%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

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

$17,251

$30–48k

$18,409

$48–75k

$20,506

$75–110k

—

$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?

North Central Institute 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 47.2″
Annual snow: 0.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Clarksville Outlaw AP, TN US station (0.7 mi from campus).

What North Central Institute graduates study — and earn

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

64 grads$47k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

64$47,144——Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———

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.