TCAT - Program Costs

* = Diploma Program
** = Certificate Program

TCAT - Program Costs

PROGRAM

PROGRAM
LOCATION

PROGRAM
LENGTH

DAY /
EVENING

TUITION & FEES
PER SEMESTER

BOOKS
PER YEAR

TOOLS, EQUIPMENT
& MISCELLANEOUS

APPROXIMATE
PROGRAM COST

Aesthetics**

Main Campus

750 hours /
2 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$525

$1,518

$5,225

Automotive
Technology*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$350

$400

$5,523

Barbering*

Main Campus

1,500 hours /
4 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$540

$1,850

$8,754

Barbering
Instructor**

Main Campus

300 hours /
1 semester

Day
Evening

$1,438

$299

0

$1,737

Building Construction
Technology*

Construction Career Center

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$500

$600

$5,873

Business Office
Specialist*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$250

$261

$5,284

Collision Repair
Technology*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$500

$3,000

$8,273

Commercial Truck Driving
(CDL)**

Soddy Daisy

222 hours /
7.5 weeks

Day
Evening

$1,838

$58.50

$95

$1,991.50

Computer Numeric Controls
(CNC)**

Main Campus

450 hours /
1 semester

Day

$1,591

0

0

$1,591

Computer Support
Technician*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$434

$955

$6,162

Cosmetology*

Main Campus

1,500 hours /
4 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$515

$1,574

$8,453

Cosmetology
Instructor**

Main Campus

300 hours /
1 semester

Day
Evening

$1,438

$299

0

$1,737

Diesel Equipment
Technology*

Soddy Daisy

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$500

$1,500

$6,773

Drone
Technology*

Main Campus

450 hours /
1 semester

Evening

$1,490

0

0

$1,490

HVAC/R*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$550

$2,800

$8,123

Industrial Automation
& Robotics*

Main Campus
Dayton Site
Kimball Site

2,130 hours /
5 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$650

$1,400

$10,005

Landscape &
Turf Management*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$750

$200

$5,420

Machine Tool
Technology*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$400

$1,500

$6,673

Massage
Therapy**

Main Campus

650 hours /
2 semesters

Day

$1,591

$300

$750

$4,232

Medical
Assistant*

Main Campus

900 hours /
2 semesters

Day

$1,591

$800

$1,300

$5,282

Mental Health
Technician**

Main Campus

135 hours /
9 weeks

Evening

$571

0

$165

$736

Motorcycle & Marine
Service Tech.*

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,591

$400

$3,000

$8,173

Practical
Nursing*

Main Campus

1,296 hours /
3 semesters

Day

$1,520

$1,500

$500

$6,560

Residential / Commercial
Electricity*

Main Campus
Dayton Site
Kimball Site

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,591

$800

$750

$6,323

R-BEST*
(Road Building Equip. Service Tech.)

Main Campus

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

 

$1,591

$1,000

$1,500

$7,273

Welding*

Main Campus
Dayton Site
Kimball Site

1,290 hours /
3 semesters

Day
Evening

$1,691

$500

$1,500

$7,073

 

Tennessee residents should apply for either:

  • TN Promise Scholarship (high school graduates)
  • TN Reconnect Grant (adults listed as "independent" on the FAFSA)