unitid 221643 · Knoxville, TN · public 2-year · suburb (large)
Pellissippi State Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 11,470
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
6,715
84th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
29th pctl among public 2-years
completion
31%
finish within 150% time
30th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,431
29th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$4,983
after aid, aided students
22nd pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,440
after entry, Title IV students
49th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$8,725
26th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $4,085 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k48%
- 30-48k23%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $25,254
- First-generation students
- 43%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,786
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 863 | $40,135 | $8,750 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. | 171 | — | $6,312 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 107 | $64,997 | $16,000 |
| Communications Technologies/Technicians. | 66 | $35,781 | $6,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 61 | $39,896 | $8,540 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 48 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 44 | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 43 | $54,069 | $10,000 |
| Education, General. | 28 | $38,746 | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 28 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. | 23 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.