by our College Data Analytics TeamHere is what you can expect to pay at Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers, including attendance costs, projected four- and two-year degree costs, average net price, debt outcomes, and how aid is distributed across income levels.
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The cost of attendance at Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers amounts to about $34,726.00 per academic year.
Cost is shown below as the full sticker price, the average net price after aid, and the low-income net price.
| Tuition and fees | $12,709.00 |
| + Room, board & other expenses | $22,017.00 |
| Total cost | $34,726.00 |
| That is 6% above the national average net price. |
| Total cost | $34,726.00 |
| − Grants and scholarships | −$4,121.00 |
| Net price | $30,605.00 |
| That is 7% below the national average net price. |
| Total cost | $34,726.00 |
| − Grants and scholarships | −$4,185.00 |
| Net price | $30,541.00 |
| That is 7% below the national average net price. | |
| Want the line-by-line detail? Dig into tuition and fees plus living costs. |
Published costs have climbed year over year by roughly 6.3% per year, so the four-year total runs well above today’s cost. Below, the cost is projected across a degree for three students at once — low-income with aid, average aid, and no aid. The repayment figures use a ten-year loan at 6.8%.
| Projected 4-year net costs | Low Income w/ Aid | w/ Average Aid | No Aid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual growth rate | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Freshman year | $32,464.00 | $32,532.00 | $36,912.00 |
| Senior year | $38,989.00 | $39,071.00 | $44,332.00 |
| Total 4-year net price | $142,640.00 | $142,939.00 | $162,186.00 |
| 10-year loan interest @ 6.8% | $54,341.00 | $54,455.00 | $61,787.00 |
| Total monthly payment | $1,642.00 | $1,645.00 | $1,866.00 |
| Total amount paid | $196,981.00 | $197,394.00 | $223,973.00 |
| Projected 2-year net costs | Low Income w/ Aid | w/ Average Aid | No Aid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual growth rate | 6.3% | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| Freshman year | $32,464.00 | $32,532.00 | $36,912.00 |
| Senior year | $34,508.00 | $34,580.00 | $39,236.00 |
| Total 2-year net price | $66,971.00 | $67,112.00 | $76,148.00 |
| 10-year loan interest @ 6.8% | $25,514.00 | $25,567.00 | $29,010.00 |
| Total monthly payment | $771.00 | $772.00 | $876.00 |
| Total amount paid | $92,485.00 | $92,679.00 | $105,158.00 |
See the full net-price breakdown in the net price section below.
Net price strips out grant and scholarship aid to show what families really pay. For most prospective students, net price gives a more realistic estimate than sticker tuition.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $33,625.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $28,726.00 |
What families actually pay shifts with income, since need-based grants are larger for lower-income students. The table below shows the average net price by family-income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $28,724.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $28,773.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $28,723.00 |
Use Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers Net Price Calculator, or contact the financial aid office.
For the grant-and-scholarship detail behind these figures, see the grants & scholarships detail.
Median graduate debt at Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers comes to $5,457.00, categorized as a Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden bucket.
The percentile breakdown reveals the full debt landscape:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $2,027.00 |
| 25th | $4,144.00 |
| Median (50th) | $5,457.00 |
| 75th | $18,797.00 |
| 90th | $24,460.00 |
How far apart the 10th and 90th percentiles sit tells you how uneven debt outcomes are.
Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student loan debt detail.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. The table below divides borrowers into three income tiers:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $5,548.00 |
| Middle income | $5,392.00 |
| High income | $4,566.00 |
On average, low-income graduates leave with $982.00 more debt than high-income graduates.
First-generation college students often carry different debt loads than their continuing-generation peers.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $5,481.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $4,782.00 |
First-gen students at Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers leave with $699.00 in additional median debt versus continuing-generation peers.
The Pell Grant is the largest federal grant for undergraduates from low-income families. Pell vs non-Pell comparisons surface how debt breaks down by need.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers works out to $261.00. This school carries a federal Pell-debt-inequity flag.
The federal default-rate tier for Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 10.6% |
For scale, federal Stafford loan disbursements at Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers total $42,994,256.00 across 3,427 student borrowers.
Veteran and active-military students often access dedicated federal aid programs including the GI Bill and Department of Defense tuition support.
| GI Bill recipients | 7 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $6,508.00 |
Read more about military and veteran aid on the veteran aid breakdown.
The figures above are a starting point — as you weigh Chattanooga C Medical Dental and & Technical Careers, think through the questions below:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.