Pellissippi State Community College

Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 6,715 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $52,104 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
  • Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

Engineering technology

  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralCertificate · 162 finishedGraduates here earned $92,160 a year after finishingNationally: $50,439
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
  • Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,261

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $33,247 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 83 finishedGraduates here earned $59,980 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (15)
  • Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $44,791
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 49 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 41 finishedNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 63 finishedGraduates here earned $37,287 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $54,362
  • Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 81 finishedGraduates here earned $25,060 a year afterNationally: $25,629
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $23,873
  • Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 31 finishedNationally: $28,911
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 834 finishedGraduates here earned $32,197 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $38,629
  • MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $26,742
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$6,163$30–48k$5,496$48–75k$6,984$75–110k$8,973Over $110k$12,050Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$6,725per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$15,459sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,930Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
3%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
34%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$37,9166 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$42,86910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
33%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
23%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Pellissippi State Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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