How much does TCAT Athens cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $4,620 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $12,758.

How many TCAT Athens programs report graduate pay?

6 certificate programs at TCAT Athens report first-year pay, and 1 of them also report federal debt.

TCAT Athens Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Athens, TN
205 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 TCAT Athens certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($46,871), and Office Administration the least ($16,498). The median program pays $34,117.

Tuition for the largest program$4,620Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$12,758After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate95%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 6 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	Practical NursingAbout 33 graduates a year	$46,871	$39,597	$9,925	3rd of 25
2	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceGraduates a year not reported	$38,093	$63,950	Not reported	12th of 14
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 26 graduates a year	$35,913	$50,465	Not reported	9th of 22
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 13 graduates a year	$32,320	$39,188	Not reported	10th of 17
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$24,242	$22,000	Not reported	3rd of 7
6	Office AdministrationAbout 4 graduates a year	$16,498	$22,472	Not reported	8th of 9

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Practical Nursing$46,871
Heavy Equipment Maintenance$38,093
Welding and Machining$35,913
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$32,320
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$24,242

Lowest median debt

Practical Nursing$9,925

Largest programs

Practical NursingAbout 33 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 26 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 13 graduates a year
Office AdministrationAbout 4 graduates a year

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $46,871 in their first year, the most of 6 TCAT Athens 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