Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $51,151 ten years after enrolling, more than at 42% of colleges; 56% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.4 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$19.5K
According to The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga's most recent Common Data Set, 47% of its Class of 2025 graduates (1,268 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $27,845 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
56 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 25 more are enrolled at another college. (3,329 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
41 of 100 finish within 4 years, 55 within 6, and 56 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 41% | 55% | 56% |
| Started in college here | 35% | 54% | 54% |
| Transferred in | 52% | 59% | 60% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Of 100 Pell Grant recipients who entered in fall 2019, 32 finished within 4 years and 45 within 6. First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2019.
- Pell Grant recipients749 students
45% · 32% within 4 years · 21 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant643 students
55% · 36% within 4 years · 11 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan899 students
66% · 49% within 4 years · comparison group
Within 4 years
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White1,702 students
52% · 4 points below all students
- Asian46 students
63% · 7 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino112 students
39% · 17 points below all students
- Black230 students
43% · 13 points below all students
- Two or more races54 students
43% · 13 points below all students
- International17 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native3 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)