Tennessee residents paid $4,255 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $100 more than the $4,155 charged for 2017-18.
Non-residents paid 288.8 percent more than residents this year, or $16,543. Their price tag grew 2.6 percent from $16,131 in 2017-18.
About 97 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Tennessee residents. And about 3 percent are residents of other states.
Data shows 92 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 1,915 students received grants or scholarships totaling $11 million.
Including all undergraduates (9,347), 6,648 students used grants or scholarships totaling $30.3 million.
The cost of attending
| Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | ~9,067 | $3,963 | $4,059 | $4,155 | $4,255 | 7.4% |
| Out-of-state | ~280 | $15,363 | $15,723 | $16,131 | $16,543 | 7.7% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Southwest Tennessee Community College in 2015-16.| Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal grants | 1,484 | 71% | $6,981,548 | $4,705 |
| State / local grant or scholarship | 1,425 | 68% | $3,543,614 | $2,487 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 102 | 5% | $461,062 | $4,520 |
| Grant or scholarship aid total | 1,915 | 92% | $10,986,224 | $5,737 |
| Federal student loans | 0 | 0% | $0 | - |
| Other student loans | 0 | 0% | $0 | - |
| Student loan aid | 0 | 0% | $0 | - |
| Total student aid | 1,917 | 92% | - | - |
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