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Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville

Shelbyville, Tennessee Public 2-year Town

Overview

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville is a public two-year institution in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Its campus is in a town setting. It enrolled 623 students in fall 2024. It is part of TBR - The College System of Tennessee.

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville offers certificates across 11 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology/Technician, System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, and Welding Technology. It awarded 333 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
623
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
333
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
11
Programs and majors
20:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 11

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Precision Production 2
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Health Professions 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Construction Trades 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Engineering Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
100%
First-year retention, part-time students
85%
Student-to-faculty ratio
20:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
45
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
219
Certificates of 2 to 4 years
69

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
623
Undergraduates, fall 2024
623
Full-time, fall 2024
57%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
850
Full-time, 2024-25
66%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
19%
Men
81%
White
73%
Hispanic or Latino
10%
Black or African American
6%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Continuous
Part of
TBR - The College System of Tennessee
President
Jimmy Wright
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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