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Highest earning certificate precision metal working programs in Tennessee

Tennessee precision metal working 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-Jackson	Jackson	Public, 2-year	$43,864	41
2	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro	Murfreesboro	Public, 2-year	$42,688	33
3	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville	Shelbyville	Public, 2-year	$40,605	30
4	Chattanooga State Community College	Chattanooga	Public, 2-year	$39,664	66
5	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville	Knoxville	Public, 2-year	$39,054	77
6	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown	Morristown	Public, 2-year	$38,096	75
7	Lincoln College of Technology	Nashville	For-profit, 2-year	$37,249	1,223
8	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville	Hartsville	Public, 2-year	$36,283	40
9	TCAT Athens	Athens	Public, 2-year	$35,913	31
10	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland	Crossville	Public, 2-year	$35,288	56
11	Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest	Newbern	Public, 2-year	$34,728	41
12	Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville	Nashville	Public, 2-year	$34,295	44
13	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie	McKenzie	Public, 2-year	$33,649	48
14	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro	Jacksboro	Public, 2-year	$33,008	30
15	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton	Elizabethton	Public, 2-year	$32,920	55
16	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump	Crump	Public, 2-year	$31,731	39
17	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman	Harriman	Public, 2-year	$30,924	58
18	Miller-Motte College	Chattanooga	For-profit, 4-year	$30,105	809
19	Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll	Paris	Public, 2-year	$25,713	30

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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