How much does Chattanooga State Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,772 a year, and $17,756 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,283 a year.

How many Chattanooga State Community College programs report graduate pay?

13 associate's programs and 14 certificate programs at Chattanooga State Community College report first-year pay, and 21 of them also report federal debt.

Chattanooga State Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Chattanooga State Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $4,611 in federal loans, the lowest among 11 Chattanooga State Community College certificate programs that report debt.

Public college
Chattanooga, TN
5,284 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

14 Chattanooga State Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Heavy Equipment Maintenance pays the most in the first year ($54,588), and Massage Therapy the least ($16,517). The median program pays $35,689. Chattanooga State Community College also has 13 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,772Per year. Out-of-state $17,756

Average net price after aid$5,283Per year

Graduation rate26%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 13 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Tennessee. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
1	NursingAbout 78 graduates a year	$64,950	$70,876	$16,253	9th of 15
2	Engineering TechnologyAbout 63 graduates a year	$52,531	$70,616	$13,865	2nd of 3
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 47 graduates a year	$50,848	$60,049	$15,935	4th of 12
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 13 graduates a year	$45,112	$48,695	$17,548	2nd of 12
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$41,400	$54,486	$16,484	3rd of 8
6	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 33 graduates a year	$40,227	$46,404	$13,000	3rd of 5
7	Business AdministrationAbout 36 graduates a year	$36,486	$32,830	$15,162	3rd of 13
8	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 5 graduates a year	$36,204	$36,821	Not reported	2nd of 3
9	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 14 graduates a year	$36,180	$38,683	$22,513	1st of 2
10	Paralegal StudiesAbout 9 graduates a year	$30,368	$41,117	Not reported	1st of 2
11	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$26,992	$28,471	Not reported	2nd of 2
12	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 517 graduates a year	$25,797	$38,262	$12,704	10th of 15
13	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$20,165	$31,084	$11,681	2nd of 2

Program names link to the program's own page, and Tennessee ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Tennessee programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 14 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Tennessee. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
1	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceGraduates a year not reported	$54,588	$67,242	Not reported	2nd of 14
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 57 graduates a year	$53,180	$40,983	$16,760	2nd of 16
3	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationGraduates a year not reported	$48,579	$49,433	$12,100	1st of 3
4	Electrician TrainingGraduates a year not reported	$41,936	$58,640	$7,000	2nd of 6
5	HVACGraduates a year not reported	$40,038	$38,382	$5,500	1st of 8
6	Welding and MachiningGraduates a year not reported	$39,664	$45,429	$4,611	4th of 22
7	Practical NursingGraduates a year not reported	$36,350	$49,840	$11,875	20th of 25
8	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairGraduates a year not reported	$35,028	$41,542	$5,500	6th of 17
9	Office AdministrationAbout 5 graduates a year	$32,603	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 9
10	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 23 graduates a year	$31,590	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 7
11	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 7 graduates a year	$25,150	Not reported	$8,250	2nd of 7
12	Electronics RepairGraduates a year not reported	$24,731	$26,169	$7,884	2nd of 5
13	CosmetologyGraduates a year not reported	$18,593	$20,120	$8,250	12th of 31
14	Massage TherapyGraduates a year not reported	$16,517	Not reported	$6,367	4th of 4

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Heavy Equipment Maintenance$54,588
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$53,180
Truck Driving and Equipment Operation$48,579
Electrician Training$41,936
HVAC$40,038

Lowest median debt

Welding and Machining$4,611
HVAC$5,500
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$5,500
Massage Therapy$6,367
Electrician Training$7,000

Largest programs

Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 57 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 23 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 7 graduates a year
Office AdministrationAbout 5 graduates a year

Common questions

Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates earn a median of $54,588 in their first year, the most of 14 Chattanooga State Community College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Tennessee rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels