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Highest earning certificate practical nursing programs in Tennessee

Tennessee practical nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.

Rank	School	City	Sector	Median earnings, 1 year after	Graduates counted
1	Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville	Nashville	Public, 2-year	$51,085	52
2	Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers	Chattanooga	For-profit, 4-year	$50,437	32
3	Herzing University	Nashville	Private nonprofit, 4-year	$47,310	115
4	TCAT Athens	Athens	Public, 2-year	$46,871	46
5	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville	Hartsville	Public, 2-year	$46,390	50
6	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland	Crossville	Public, 2-year	$44,915	67
7	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis	Memphis	Public, 2-year	$44,669	36
8	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro	Public, 2-year	$44,555	58
9	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald	Hohenwald	Public, 2-year	$42,694	56
10	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson	Dickson	Public, 2-year	$42,651	97
11	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro	Jacksboro	Public, 2-year	$42,300	48
12	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville	Shelbyville	Public, 2-year	$40,179	31
13	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown	Morristown	Public, 2-year	$39,477	88
14	South College	Knoxville	For-profit, 4-year	$39,238	42
15	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll	Paris	Public, 2-year	$39,112	61
16	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson	Jackson	Public, 2-year	$39,078	166
17	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville	Knoxville	Public, 2-year	$38,388	88
18	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman	Harriman	Public, 2-year	$37,837	40
19	Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest	Newbern	Public, 2-year	$37,350	66
20	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski	Pulaski	Public, 2-year	$34,623	46
21	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton	Elizabethton	Public, 2-year	$33,692	150

Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.

How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.

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