Program Payoff

Education, General programs in Tennessee

13 schools in Tennessee teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Tennessee

Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Tennessee earn a median of $72,390 a year across 950 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga Associate's degree not published 25
Columbia State Community College Columbia Associate's degree not published 19
Cumberland University Lebanon Associate's degree not published 15
Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg Associate's degree not published 2
Jackson State Community College Jackson Associate's degree not published 7
Motlow State Community College Tullahoma Associate's degree not published 27
Nashville State Community College Nashville Associate's degree not published 18
Northeast State Community College Blountville Associate's degree not published 13
Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville Associate's degree not published 24
Roane State Community College Harriman Associate's degree not published 41
Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis Associate's degree not published 2
Volunteer State Community College Gallatin Associate's degree not published 29
Walters State Community College Morristown Associate's degree not published 20

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.