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Volunteer State Community College Overview

Volunteer State Community College is a public institution situated in Gallatin, Tennessee. VSCC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Volunteer State Community College Known For?

1,694 Undergraduate Awards
  • The highest award offered at VSCC is the associate's degree.
  • In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

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Volunteer State Community College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at VSCC.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#2 Best Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#12 Most Popular Fire Protection Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#14 Most Popular Music Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#15 Most Popular Allied Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#35 Most Popular Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#66 Best Allied Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#115 Most Popular Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#115 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#158 Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards VSCC has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#114 Highest Paid Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Graduates College Factual
#260 Highest Paid General Business Administration and Management Graduates College Factual
#269 Highest Paid Business Administration & Management Graduates College Factual
#281 Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates College Factual

Where Is Volunteer State Community College?

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Contact details for VSCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1480 Nashville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066-3188
Phone: 615-452-8600

How Do I Get Into VSCC?

You can apply to VSCC online at: www.volstate.edu/admissions/apply

As long as you submit the requested materials to Volunteer State Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Volunteer State Community College?

5% Take Out Loans
15.7% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At VSCC, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $3,664 a year. That adds up to $14,656 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at VSCC is 15.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Volunteer State Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,296 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 8,832 undergraduate students at VSCC, with 4,296 being full-time and 4,536 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 4,296 full-time undergraduates at VSCC, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Volunteer State Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 53
Black or African American 411
Hispanic or Latino 374
White 3,140
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 303

Over 14 countries are represented at VSCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Volunteer State Community College

7,808 Took All Classes Online
8,666 Took At Least One Class Online
76.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 8,666 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at VSCC has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 3rd most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of VSCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Volunteer State Community College was 76.5%. This is the #497 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at VSCC regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of VSCC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Allied Health Professions 18%
Business Administration & Management 30%
Business, Management & Marketing 30%
Computer & Information Sciences 6%
Computer Information Systems 6%
Education 4%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 44%
Fire Protection 16%
General Education 4%
Health & Medical Administrative Services 26%
Health Professions 5%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 17%
Human Development & Family Studies 44%
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 5%
Liberal Arts General Studies 5%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at VSCC ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at VSCC.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Allied Health Professions #24
General Education #29
Fire Protection #43
Human Development & Family Studies #46
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences #60
Computer Information Systems #107
Health & Medical Administrative Services #148
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting #197
Computer & Information Sciences #225
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities #233
Liberal Arts General Studies #233
Education #267
Health Professions #334
Business Administration & Management #343

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Volunteer State Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 841 0 841
Allied Health Professions 221 36 94 351
Business Administration & Management 19 61 0 80
Criminal Justice & Corrections 49 7 0 56
Computer Information Systems 0 54 0 54
Fire Protection 0 21 23 44
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 14 22 0 36
Other Health Professions 0 34 0 34
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 32 0 32
General Education 0 27 0 27
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 10 17 27
Human Development & Family Studies 0 8 17 25
Music 0 22 0 22
Animal Services 15 0 0 15
Dental Support Services 0 0 14 14
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 12 0 12
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 11 0 11
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 0 9 0 9
Legal Support Services 0 4 0 4
TOTAL 318 1,211 165 1,694

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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