Which South College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Medical Laboratory Science graduates leave with a median of $24,487 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 South College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does South College cost?

Tuition and fees are $18,535 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,858 a year.

How many South College programs report graduate pay?

2 bachelor's programs, 4 associate's programs, and 2 certificate programs at South College report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

South College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
Knoxville, TN
8,745 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 South College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($44,888), and Criminal Justice the least ($24,095). The median program pays $35,090. South College also has 2 bachelor's programs and 2 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$18,535Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$17,858Per year

Graduation rate42%Within 6 years

Both bachelor's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Tennessee.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
NursingAbout 237 graduates a year	$65,109	$70,203	$42,916	20th of 27
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 41 graduates a year	$43,775	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5

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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

All 4 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	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 114 graduates a year	$44,888	$50,966	$26,000	8th of 12
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 89 graduates a year	$39,733	$37,991	$25,889	5th of 12
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 64 graduates a year	$30,446	Not reported	$24,487	3rd of 3
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 35 graduates a year	$24,095	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2

Both certificate programs

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
Practical NursingAbout 181 graduates a year	$39,238	Not reported	$15,833	14th of 25
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 45 graduates a year	$28,606	Not reported	$12,075	1st of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Tennessee ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $44,888 in their first year, the most of 4 South College associate's 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