Tennessee College
of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland
Public Community College in Crossville, TN. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $35,551.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,551, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is a strength: 84% 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 84% — well above the national average
Academics
A 84% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 1,024 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 544 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,274 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,184 at $0–30k, $16,751 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $4,916, 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 · 201 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 | $9,184 |
| $30–48k | $11,121 |
| $48–75k | $8,326 |
| $75–110k | $16,927 |
| $110k+ | $16,751 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)