Top Tennessee Community Colleges

For the 2020-21 school year, there are 39 top community colleges located throughout Tennessee (15 public colleges and 24 private colleges), serving 99,810 students.
For Tennessee community colleges, the average tuition is approximately $4,573 per year for in-state students and $14,803 for out-of-state students. For private community colleges, the average yearly tuition is approximately $13,844 per year (view national tuition costs).
The average community college acceptance rate in Tennessee is 74% (view national acceptance rates).
Tennessee community colleges have a diversity score of 0.42, which is lower than the national average of 0.65 (view national diversity statistics).
Minority enrollment is 26% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 30:1.