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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee
A trade school student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
The Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Tennessee to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee
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Our analysis found South College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a associate degree in Tennessee. South College is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,104 associate degrees to qualified students.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $17,335 to cover tuition and fees at South College. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Associate Degree recipients from South College accumulate an average of $18,902 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 80% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
The excellent associate degree programs at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Tennessee. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the very small private for-profit school handed out 28 associate degree awards in 2021-2022.
On average, associate degree students take out $14,009 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 68% of those degree recipients were women.
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Volunteer State Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Gallatin, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 1,201 students in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Tennessee pay an average of $4,404 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend VSCC. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $17,220. On average, associate degree students take out $11,049 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 72% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Chattanooga State Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the medium-sized public school awarded 1,163 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Tennessee pay an average of $4,430 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Chattanooga State Community College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $17,246. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,604 in student loans. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 52% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
The excellent associate degree programs at Walters State Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Tennessee. Walters State Community College is a medium-sized public school located in Morristown, Tennessee that handed out 932 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
In-state students pay an average of $4,399 in tuition and fees if they attend WSCC full time. Out-of-state students pay an average of $17,215. On average, associate degree students take out $4,796 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 66% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Miller-Motte College Chattanooga ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the small private for-profit school handed out 66 associate degree awards in 2021-2022.
By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,053 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
Around 80% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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