Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-Elizabethton
Public Community College in Elizabethton, TN. Six-year graduation rate 81%. Median 10-year earnings $35,069.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,069, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 81% of students finish within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 81% — well above the national average
Academics
81% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,935 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 826 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,306 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,181 at $0–30k against $12,157 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $5,010 on average.
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 · 344 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 | $8,181 |
| $30–48k | $8,922 |
| $48–75k | $8,877 |
| $75–110k | $11,359 |
| $110k+ | $12,157 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carter County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)