Volunteer State Community College
Gallatin, Tennessee
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 5,339 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $19,548
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 57 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 56 finishedGraduates here earned $44,136 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 151 finishedGraduates here earned $49,291 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 43 finishedGraduates here earned $66,005 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $43,746 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 39 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 47 finishedGraduates here earned $67,793 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (10)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 10 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 84 finishedGraduates here earned $43,235 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 62 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $51,491 a year afterNationally: $40,447
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 601 finishedGraduates here earned $34,822 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MusicAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $44,660
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $37,661
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $29,211 a year afterNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $10,508per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $19,461sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,900Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 29%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,2176 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,29110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $7,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 22%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Volunteer 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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