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Medical assistant programs in Tennessee
Tennessee has 33 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Tennessee, expect to start around $34,840–$37,160 and reach a median of $39,570 with experience; the top quarter earn $45,580 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 $27,954 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Tennessee
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 19,180 employed in Tennessee. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Tennessee, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: ChattanoogaClevelandCollegedaleColumbiaCookevilleDyersburgGallatinGoodlettsvilleHarrimanHartsvilleJacksonJohnson CityKnoxvilleLebanonMemphisMorristownMurfreesboroNashvilleNewbernPulaski
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson State Community College | Jackson | Public | 47 | $48,207 | not reported | 26% | not reported |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis | Public | 12 | $46,954 | not reported | 19% | not reported |
| Volunteer State Community College | Gallatin | Public | 21 | $44,443 | $8,750 | 28% | not reported |
| Concorde Career College-Memphis | Memphis | for-profit | 320 | $43,432 | $9,500 | 55% | $29,351 |
| Roane State Community College | Harriman | Public | 25 | $42,057 | $10,900 | 36% | not reported |
| Nashville State Community College | Nashville | Public | 25 | $41,824 | $14,924 | 19% | not reported |
| Walters State Community College | Morristown | Public | 16 | $38,644 | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| South College | Knoxville | for-profit | 134 | $38,529 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Chattanooga State Community College | Chattanooga | Public | 13 | $33,564 | not reported | 26% | not reported |
| Columbia State Community College | Columbia | Public | 8 | $27,954 | not reported | 30% | not reported |
| EduMed Partners | Goodlettsville | for-profit | 84 | $26,733 | $3,465 | not reported | not reported |
| Remington College-Memphis Campus | Memphis | non-profit | 59 | $26,095 | $14,120 | 38% | not reported |
| Fortis Institute-Cookeville | Cookeville | for-profit | 26 | $24,190 | $9,500 | 50% | not reported |
| Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers | Chattanooga | for-profit | 7 | $24,009 | $19,859 | not reported | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Knoxville | Knoxville | for-profit | 33 | $23,659 | $9,500 | 68% | $24,748 |
| Genesis Career College-Lebanon | Lebanon | for-profit | 29 | $23,398 | $9,500 | 59% | $19,952 |
| Genesis Career College-Cookeville | Cookeville | for-profit | 6 | $23,277 | not reported | 54% | $15,788 |
| Cleveland State Community College | Cleveland | Public | 8 | $22,233 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Remington College-Nashville Campus | Nashville | non-profit | 22 | $22,222 | $14,120 | 47% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Johnson City | Johnson City | for-profit | 34 | $21,943 | $9,500 | 64% | $23,696 |
| Fortis Institute-Nashville | Nashville | for-profit | 64 | $21,485 | $9,500 | 43% | not reported |
| Allied Health Careers Institute | Murfreesboro | for-profit | 9 | $20,329 | $4,870 | not reported | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga | Chattanooga | for-profit | 25 | $19,946 | $12,668 | not reported | $29,203 |
| Academy of Allied Health Careers | Chattanooga | for-profit | 74 | not reported | not reported | 65% | $19,323 |
| Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | Public | 33 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest | Newbern | Public | 16 | not reported | not reported | 69% | $14,677 |
| Southern Adventist University | Collegedale | non-profit | 12 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville | Hartsville | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 83% | $12,458 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson | Jackson | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 80% | $14,864 |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski | Pulaski | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 75% | $20,181 |
| Health-Tech Institute of Memphis | Memphis | for-profit | 1 | not reported | not reported | 80% | not reported |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman | Harriman | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 69% | $17,732 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | — | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
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.