Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-Memphis
Public Community College in Memphis, TN. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $31,192.
Students who entered Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis reach a median of $31,192 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 55%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
55% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 62% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 2,380 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,730 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,970 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,714 at $0–30k, $15,374 at $48–75k. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $4,287 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 · 630 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 | $14,714 |
| $30–48k | $12,613 |
| $48–75k | $15,374 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shelby 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)