Program Payoff

TCAT Athens

Athens, Tennessee. 8 certificate and associate programs, public. 8 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Tennessee.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate $42,998 (22) $65,010
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Precision Metal Working Undergraduate certificate $35,772 (32) $48,040
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $35,653 (42) $37,990
Nursing Assistants
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate $23,262 (37) $50,290
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate $20,596 (24) $39,570
Medical Assistants
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services Undergraduate certificate $14,759 (21) $42,830
Customer Service Representatives
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $48,200
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $63,750
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.