Public · Community college
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville
McMinnville, Tennessee · Distant town
- 4%
- Transfer rate
- $11,413
- Avg net price
- 67%
- Grad / completion
- $40,322
- Median earnings
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville is a public certificate-granting institution in McMinnville, Tennessee (distant town setting), enrolling 302 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About McMinnville, Tennessee
McMinnville is the largest city in and the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The Grand Reopening of the New Park Theater was May, 16th 2015. Located on West Main Street, this 2 million dollar facility was restored to its original beauty and is now the home of concerts, plays, and movies. Multiple shows go on every year. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 52 miles to Chattanooga, TN
- To the ocean
- 355 miles
- Nearest airport
- 55 miles to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA)
How Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville compares
Higher than 57% · #45 of 81 in Tennessee
Higher than 71%
Higher than 70% · #12 of 70 in Tennessee
Cheaper than 65% · #31 cheapest of 82 in Tennessee
Lower than 56%
Larger than 53%
Percentiles compare Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville 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
- Women10936%
- Men19364%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White77%
- Black3.6%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial4.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 302
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
- First-generation students
- 60%
- Students over 25
- 11%
- Median family income
- $17,813
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 75 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Tennessee100%
Most first-years stay in state — Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville 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
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $11,413
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
- 67%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Transferred to another college
- 4%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,759
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,322
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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 (812 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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,000. 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 93 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)
- $40,322
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 44%
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 out-earn men by $2,039 (5%) 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
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 31°F
- Annual rain
- 54.4″
- Annual snow
- 4.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MC Minnville, TN US station (2.8 mi from campus).
What Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville graduates study — and earn
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.