Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-Hartsville
Public Community College in Hartsville, TN. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $40,469.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,469 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 83% 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 82% — well above the national average
Academics
83% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 91% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The part-time picture is harder: 64% return, against 91% full-time. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 330 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,846 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($5,891 versus $7,223), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 92% of students receive it, averaging $4,481.
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 · 99 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 | $5,891 |
| $30–48k | $8,466 |
| $48–75k | $4,780 |
| $75–110k | $7,223 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Trousdale 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)