Roane State Community College

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#9060 / #2398
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
#1288
Most Desirable School
College in eastern Tennessee, U.S.

Roane State Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2398
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$5,160
Graduation rate
40%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
3,250

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Roane State Community College Featured Rankings

About Roane State Community College

According to Wikipedia, Roane State Community College is a public community college in eastern Tennessee with its main campus in Harriman. It was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1969, along with two other community colleges, and operates under the authority of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Roane State Community College's Online Degrees

AAS in Environmental Health Technology
  • Required Credits: 62
AAS in Early Childhood Education
  • Required Credits: 64
AAS in Health Information Management
  • Required Credits: 66
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Computer Information Tech
Degree Concentrations
  • Programming
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business
Degree Concentrations
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Accounting
  • Required Credits: 63
AAS in Computer Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Cyber Defense
  • Programming
  • Required Credits: 63
AAS in Financial Services
  • Required Credits: 63
AAS in Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Required Credits: 70
AS in General Transfer
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Geographic Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Geographic Information Systems Technology
  • Required Credits: 63
AAS in Nursing
  • Required Credits: 67
AAS in Physical Therapist Assistant
  • Required Credits: 67
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Paralegal Studies
  • Required Credits: 60-61
AAS in Radiologic Technology
  • Required Credits: 75

Roane State Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
58%40%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Roane State Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$5,160
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$1,494
30K - 48K$678
48K - 75K$1,640
75K - 110K$2,834
110K+$6,304

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Roane State Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Roane State Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $41,027 a year, and 85% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Roane State Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
6,3516,351

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Roane State Community College?

Roane State Community College is located at 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748.

How Safe is Roane State Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Roane State Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Roane State Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Harriman has a violent crime rate of 0.48% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 3.63%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Roane State Community College Known For?

Roane State Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Roane State Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Roane State Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Sociology
#3668
World Rank
#3672
Historical Rank
#1087
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #1087 in the U.S. and #3668 worldwide for influence in Sociology.

sociology Degrees
Criminal Justice
#2957
World Rank
#2960
Historical Rank
#1523
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #1523 in the U.S. and #2957 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Nursing
#4038
World Rank
#4038
Historical Rank
#1606
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #1606 in the U.S. and #4038 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Engineering
#8498
World Rank
#8503
Historical Rank
#1741
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #1741 in the U.S. and #8498 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Education
#7299
World Rank
#7301
Historical Rank
#1923
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #1923 in the U.S. and #7299 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Medical
#8352
World Rank
#8354
Historical Rank
#2376
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #2376 in the U.S. and #8352 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Computer Science
#10792
World Rank
#10801
Historical Rank
#2938
USA Rank

Roane State Community College ranks #2938 in the U.S. and #10792 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees