Associate's · Morristown, Tennessee
Is Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Walters State Community College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,214
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $49,534
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $15k (likely $15k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.2 years (likely 1.2–5.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $16k (likely −$62k – $102k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $152k (likely −$9k – $333k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 40%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Walters State Community College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$68,324
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate certificate)$55,834
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$54,751
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$51,498
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$48,054
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$43,435
- Education, General (Associate's)$42,127
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$40,973
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$37,419
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$34,356
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$30,875
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at other schools in Tennessee
- Southwest Tennessee Community College$54,736
- Volunteer State Community College$51,709
- Jackson State Community College$50,670
- Concorde Career College-Memphis$50,436
- Chattanooga State Community College$50,158
- Nashville State Community College$49,331
- South College$46,109
- Herzing University-Nashville$44,890
- Roane State Community College$44,612
- Remington College-Memphis Campus$37,677