Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-McKenzie
Public Community College in McKenzie, TN. Six-year graduation rate 81%. Median 10-year earnings $36,720.
Students who entered Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie reach a median of $36,720 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 81% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
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. 68% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 226 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 154 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,420 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($6,797 versus $9,629), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $6,198 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 · 71 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 | $6,797 |
| $30–48k | $9,215 |
| $48–75k | $9,629 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carroll County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026