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Automotive Technology Schools in Tennessee

28 schools in Tennessee offer automotive technology-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 15 registered apprenticeship sponsors in Tennessee train automotive technology apprentices — see apprenticeships. Federal program data groups automotive technology with diesel mechanics and aviation maintenance — schools below may offer any of these.

Schools in Tennessee
28
Median net price / yr (Tennessee)
$11,840
national: $8,792
Median earnings (Tennessee)
$36,639
national: $39,254
Apprenticeship sponsors
15
earn while training

Schools, ranked by earnings per tuition dollar

SchoolCityTypeNet price / yrCompletionEarnings (10 yr)
Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphispublic$4,75419.2%$34,071
Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanoogapublic$5,28328%$37,598
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MurfreesboroMurfreesboropublic$6,63175.3%$40,869
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HartsvilleHartsvillepublic$7,19479.1%$40,469
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ShelbyvilleShelbyvillepublic$7,57373.4%$38,700
Northeast State Community CollegeBlountvillepublic$6,86437.3%$34,553
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksonJacksonpublic$8,47277.3%$38,383
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-ElizabethtonElizabethtonpublic$8,56879.9%$35,069
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NorthwestNewbernpublic$9,69866.5%$38,514
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnvilleMcMinnvillepublic$11,41366.7%$40,322
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper CumberlandCrossvillepublic$10,86582.7%$35,551
TCAT AthensAthenspublic$12,75875.9%$40,540
North Central InstituteClarksvilleprivate for-profit$17,56694.6%$55,027
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HohenwaldHohenwaldpublic$12,26757.2%$36,106
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/CarrollParispublic$10,06071.2%$29,074
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-JacksboroJacksboropublic$12,74682.2%$36,449
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-HarrimanHarrimanpublic$11,14870.1%$31,591
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-LivingstonLivingstonpublic$12,61276%$33,497
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-DicksonDicksonpublic$14,78075.5%$36,829
Tennessee College of Applied Technology NashvilleNashvillepublic$15,81670.5%$38,955
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MorristownMorristownpublic$15,91078%$38,837
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-MemphisMemphispublic$14,31547.2%$31,192
William R Moore College of TechnologyMemphisprivate nonprofit$14,95762.7%$32,194
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-HuntsvilleHuntsvillepublic$15,87571.6%$31,949
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-KnoxvilleKnoxvillepublic$20,01270.8%$37,235
Nashville Auto-Diesel CollegeNashvilleprivate for-profit$32,54465.4%$46,396
Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanoogaprivate for-profit$23,95854.4%$31,102
Tennessee College of Applied Technology CrumpCrumppublic$-83962.5%$30,796

Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.

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Data: U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard (most recent release, pulled July 2026) + U.S. Dept of Labor apprenticeship.gov. Methodology & provenance. Independent site — not affiliated with any government agency.