Program Payoff

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions programs in Tennessee

46 schools in Tennessee teach this, at certificate or associate level. 29 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $56,979 at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting.

What this work pays in Tennessee

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Tennessee earn a median of $64,630 a year across 4,660 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Tennessee
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$98,8704,400
Emergency Medical Technicians$40,3303,860
Paramedics$57,6903,710
Respiratory Therapists$72,1403,440
Surgical Technologists$60,5303,310

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting Nashville Undergraduate certificate $6,840 $56,979 (229 grads) 466
Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga Associate's degree $13,000 $48,965 (83 grads) 53
Northeast State Community College Blountville Associate's degree $46,673 (13 grads) 29
Columbia State Community College Columbia Associate's degree $9,000 $44,858 (45 grads) 37
Volunteer State Community College Gallatin Associate's degree $9,973 $44,595 (44 grads) 37
Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg Associate's degree $43,798 (12 grads) 9
Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis Associate's degree $41,937 (34 grads) 19
Roane State Community College Harriman Undergraduate certificate $5,312 $41,193 (37 grads) 83
Concorde Career College-Memphis Memphis Associate's degree $24,439 $40,635 (94 grads) 47
Roane State Community College Harriman Associate's degree $9,548 $39,489 (48 grads) 45
Fortis Institute-Cookeville Cookeville Associate's degree $38,289 (33 grads) 6
South College Knoxville Associate's degree $19,916 $38,289 (28 grads) 90
Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis Undergraduate certificate $38,289 (13 grads) 95
Columbia State Community College Columbia Undergraduate certificate $5,375 $37,328 (53 grads) 119
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Chattanooga Undergraduate certificate $11,172 $37,208 (23 grads)
Nashville State Community College Nashville Undergraduate certificate $37,208 (25 grads) 22
Walters State Community College Morristown Undergraduate certificate $37,208 (18 grads) 78
Northeast State Community College Blountville Undergraduate certificate $36,848 (12 grads) 38
Fortis Institute-Nashville Nashville Associate's degree $24,696 $36,745 (144 grads) 32
Volunteer State Community College Gallatin Undergraduate certificate $4,750 $36,560 (120 grads) 231
Walters State Community College Morristown Associate's degree $36,134 (26 grads) 31
Concorde Career College-Memphis Memphis Undergraduate certificate $12,693 $34,755 (115 grads) 34
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland Crossville Undergraduate certificate $33,900 (12 grads) 5
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Chattanooga Associate's degree $24,141 $33,543 (261 grads) 18
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald Hohenwald Undergraduate certificate $32,569 (14 grads) 4
Jackson State Community College Jackson Undergraduate certificate $30,771 (26 grads) 42
Fortis Institute-Cookeville Cookeville Undergraduate certificate $28,960 (14 grads) 5
Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga Undergraduate certificate $9,375 $28,598 (26 grads) 73
Cleveland State Community College Cleveland Undergraduate certificate $23,456 (43 grads) 71
Cleveland State Community College Cleveland Associate's degree not published 1
Jackson State Community College Jackson Associate's degree not published 33
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting Nashville Associate's degree $13,174 not published 28
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville Knoxville Undergraduate certificate not published 25
Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis Associate's degree not published 6
Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg Undergraduate certificate not published 59
Motlow State Community College Tullahoma Undergraduate certificate not published 67
Motlow State Community College Tullahoma Associate's degree not published 4
Nashville State Community College Nashville Associate's degree not published 10
South College Knoxville Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Southern Adventist University Collegedale Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Southern Adventist University Collegedale Associate's degree not published 0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro Jacksboro Undergraduate certificate not published
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson Jackson Undergraduate certificate not published 9
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston Livingston Undergraduate certificate not published 21
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro Murfreesboro Undergraduate certificate not published 15
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville Huntsville Undergraduate certificate not published 1

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.