Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-McMinnville
Public Community College in McMinnville, TN. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $40,322.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,322, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 67% 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.
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 491 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,201 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,520 at $0–30k, $14,495 at $110k+. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $4,336, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 146 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 | $11,520 |
| $30–48k | $9,100 |
| $48–75k | $11,716 |
| $75–110k | $15,404 |
| $110k+ | $14,495 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Warren 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)