Private for-profit · Community college

Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City

Johnson City, Tennessee · Small city

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Transfer rate: $19,832
Avg net price: 64%
Grad / completion: $33,079
Median earnings

Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Johnson City, Tennessee (small city setting), enrolling 87 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 87 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Johnson City, Tennessee

Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. William Bean, traditionally recognized as Tennessee's first white settler, built his cabin along Boone's Creek near Johnson City in 1769. In the 1780s, Colonel John Tipton established a farm (now the Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site) just outside what is now Johnson City. Public art includes 12 to 15 sculptures that change every two years. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 54 miles to Asheville, NC
To the ocean: 271 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA (TRI)

How Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City compares

Graduation rate64%

Higher than 54% · #49 of 81 in Tennessee

First-year retention60%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,079

Higher than 43% · #40 of 70 in Tennessee

Average net price$19,832

Cheaper than 33% · #64 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio29 : 1

Lower than 6%

Undergraduate enrollment87

Larger than 24%

Percentiles compare Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City 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

Women8395%
Men45%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White67%
Black9.2%
Hispanic6.9%
Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 87
Student–faculty ratio: 29 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 61%
Students over 25: 54%
Median family income: $15,232

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: $19,832

Outcomes

Graduated: 64%
First-year retention: 60%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,286
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,079
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 64%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

64%

Low-income (Pell)

72%

First-generation

73%

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

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

$19,682

$30–48k

$19,998

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$23,696

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

$93

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $93. 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 51 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): $33,079
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 44%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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

$32,943

Men

$36,875

Men out-earn women by $3,932 (12%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 48″
Annual snow: 6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elizabethton, TN US station (7.5 mi from campus).

What Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

34 grads$27k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$10k debt

34$26,624$28,172$9,500 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

21 grads$24k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$10k debt

21$24,411$28,263$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative Services

— grads$31k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

—$31,401$30,187$9,500

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.