unitid 221847 · Cookeville, TN · public 4-year · town (remote)
Tennessee Technological University
- enrollment 2023
- 10,903
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
76%
37th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,698
68th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
47th pctl among public 4-years
completion
58%
finish within 150% time
76th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,663
68th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,246
after aid, aided students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,501
after entry, Title IV students
45th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$15,650
32nd pctl among public 4-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 $9,815 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $40,770
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,376
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 193 | $42,465 | $14,566 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 164 | $48,554 | — |
| Computer Science. | 129 | $92,817 | $18,605 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 120 | $63,546 | $18,349 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 114 | $88,328 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 104 | $88,130 | $20,500 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General. | 104 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 102 | $44,792 | $15,653 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 94 | $60,912 | $18,485 |
| Biology, General. | 78 | $55,612 | $15,500 |
| Civil Engineering. | 75 | $75,845 | $20,870 |
| Sociology. | 58 | $43,101 | $16,057 |
— 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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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.