Tennessee Community Colleges

There are 42 community colleges located throughout Tennessee (16 public colleges and 26 private colleges), serving 100,294 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 77% (view national acceptance rates).
Tennessee community colleges have a diversity score of 0.42, which is lower than the national average of 0.67 (view national diversity statistics).
Minority enrollment is 26% (majority Black) and the student:teacher ratio is 30:1.

Roane State features small class sizes. Visit www.roanestate.edu for information about our programs.

Nossi College of Art, located a few miles from downtown Nashville with easy access to most interstates, gives creative students a college built specifically for them.

The Vol State campus has 16 buildings on 100 acres

Student by Ethnicity

(TN) School Average

Asian

Hispanic

Black

17%

White

74%

Two or more races

Unknown

TN All Ethnic Groups Ethnicity Breakdown

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