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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.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Tennessee
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Our 2023 rankings named South College the most popular school in Tennessee for trade school students working on their associate degree. South College is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 1,104 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
South College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $17,335. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $18,902 in loans while pursuing 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.
Out of the 6 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting landed the # 2 spot on the list. Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is a very small private for-profit school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 28 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $14,009 in student loans. 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.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Volunteer State Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree. VSCC is a public institution located in Gallatin, Tennessee. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,201 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Students from Tennessee who attend VSCC full time pay an average of $4,404 in tuition and fees. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $17,220. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $11,049 in student loans. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
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. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 1,163 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Students from Tennessee who attend Chattanooga State Community College full time pay an average of $4,430 in tuition and fees. 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. Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 52% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Walters State Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Located in Morristown, Tennessee, the medium-sized public school awarded 932 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at WSCC is $4,399. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $17,215. Associate Degree recipients from WSCC accumulate an average of $4,796 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 66% were women.
Around 66% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Miller-Motte College Chattanooga did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for trade school students to get an associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the small private for-profit school awarded 66 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students 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.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of undergraduates took at least one course online 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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