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Electrician schools in Tennessee
Tennessee has 13 accredited campuses awarding electrician credentials. If you finish and work as an electrician in Tennessee, expect to start around $39,600–$48,380 and reach a median of $61,090 with experience; the top quarter earn $76,060 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Tennessee). Graduates of these Tennessee programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $27,295 in their first year, against $34,710 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What electricians earn in Tennessee
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 17,070 employed in Tennessee. National median: $63,190.
Campuses in Tennessee, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BlountvilleCrumpElizabethtonHuntsvilleJacksonKnoxvilleLivingstonMcMinnvilleMorristownNashvilleNewbernPulaskiShelbyville
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville | Huntsville | Public | 66 | $49,961 | not reported | 74% | $20,130 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson | Jackson | Public | 30 | $30,551 | not reported | 80% | $14,864 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville | Knoxville | Public | 52 | $27,295 | not reported | 71% | $23,962 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown | Morristown | Public | 48 | $24,155 | not reported | 80% | $20,297 |
| Northeast State Community College | Blountville | Public | 28 | not reported | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville | Shelbyville | Public | 25 | not reported | not reported | 81% | $13,470 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston | Livingston | Public | 23 | not reported | not reported | 78% | $17,685 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest | Newbern | Public | 19 | not reported | not reported | 69% | $14,677 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville | McMinnville | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 67% | $17,680 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton | Elizabethton | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 81% | $13,540 |
| Nashville State Community College | Nashville | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 19% | not reported |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski | Pulaski | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 75% | $20,181 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump | Crump | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 63% | $9,355 |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.