How much does Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $6,537 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $14,315.

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis certificate program has the lowest debt?

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $10,106 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis certificate programs that report debt.

Q: How many Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis programs report graduate pay?

7 certificate programs at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Public college
Memphis, TN
1,391 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($44,669), and Cosmetology the least ($18,312). The median program pays $21,850.

Tuition for the largest program$6,537Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$14,315After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate55%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 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 56 graduates a year	$44,669	Not reported	$14,040	6th of 25
2	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 112 graduates a year	$41,268	$47,728	$10,106	2nd of 17
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 63 graduates a year	$34,750	$28,474	Not reported	11th of 22
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 5 graduates a year	$21,850	$33,917	Not reported	6th of 7
5	Electronics RepairAbout 9 graduates a year	$21,838	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5
6	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 21 graduates a year	$19,013	$30,130	Not reported	7th of 7
7	CosmetologyAbout 62 graduates a year	$18,312	$16,294	Not reported	13th of 31

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$44,669
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$41,268
Welding and Machining$34,750
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$21,850
Electronics Repair$21,838

Lowest median debt

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$10,106
Practical Nursing$14,040

Largest programs

Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 112 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 63 graduates a year
CosmetologyAbout 62 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 56 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 21 graduates a year

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $44,669 in their first year, the most of 7 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis 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