Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
For-profit Community College in Chattanooga, TN. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $31,102.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,102, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $15,917 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.4 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. Retention is weak: only 0% of full-time first-years return, so roughly nine in ten leave after one year. At 49:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. With 5,670 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,670 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,907 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $23,939 at $0–30k, $29,136 at $110k+. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $7,307 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 80% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,368 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $23,939 |
| $30–48k | $23,298 |
| $48–75k | $26,084 |
| $75–110k | $29,203 |
| $110k+ | $29,136 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,559 of these 5,670 students, totalling $45,369,417 — an average of $9,952 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hamilton County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)