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

Q: How much does Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $7,259 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $6,631.

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

7 certificate programs at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro report first-year pay, and 1 of them also report federal debt.

Public college
Murfreesboro, TN
709 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro certificate programs report what graduates earn. Heavy Equipment Maintenance pays the most in the first year ($57,632), and Cosmetology the least ($22,176). The median program pays $41,938.

Tuition for the largest program$7,259Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$6,631After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate76%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	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 48 graduates a year	$57,632	$60,665	Not reported	1st of 14
2	Practical NursingAbout 16 graduates a year	$44,555	$47,366	$10,723	7th of 25
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 42 graduates a year	$42,688	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 22
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 15 graduates a year	$41,938	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 16
5	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 78 graduates a year	$31,992	$35,307	Not reported	11th of 17
6	Office AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$23,230	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 9
7	CosmetologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$22,176	Not reported	Not reported	2nd 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

Heavy Equipment Maintenance$57,632
Practical Nursing$44,555
Welding and Machining$42,688
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$41,938
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$31,992

Lowest median debt

Practical Nursing$10,723

Largest programs

Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 78 graduates a year
Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 48 graduates a year
CosmetologyAbout 47 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 42 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 16 graduates a year

Common questions

Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates earn a median of $57,632 in their first year, the most of 7 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro 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