Volunteer State Community College

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#9119 / #2420
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
College in Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S.

Volunteer State Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2420
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$4,900
Graduation rate
29%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
5,339

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Volunteer State Community College Featured Rankings

About Volunteer State Community College

According to Wikipedia, Volunteer State Community College is a public community college in Gallatin, Tennessee. It is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents. Vol State serves the suburban Nashville community. The main campus of the college is 30 miles to the northeast in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin. In total, Vol State serves 11 counties in northern Middle Tennessee: Clay, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, and Wilson.

Volunteer State Community College's Online Degrees

AS in Accounting
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business
Degree Concentrations
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Management
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Computer Information Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Networking
  • Cyber Defense
  • Programming
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Format: Fully online
AA in English
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Foreign Language
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Criminal Justice
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Elementary Education
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Management
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Business Administration
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Mathematics and Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in General Studies
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Fire Science
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Information Systems
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Political Science
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Economics
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Secondary Education
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Social Science and Education
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Psychology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Finance
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Sociology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in History
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AA in Liberal Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online
AS in Liberal Arts
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 2 years
  • Format: Fully online

Volunteer State Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
51%29%

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 Volunteer State Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$4,900
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$9,856
30K - 48K$9,780
48K - 75K$10,522
75K - 110K$12,621
110K+$15,384

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 Volunteer State Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Volunteer State Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $45,291 a year, and 87% 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.

Volunteer 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
8,5758,575

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

Where is Volunteer State Community College?

Volunteer State Community College is located at 1480 Nashville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066-3188.

How Safe is Volunteer State Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Volunteer 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, Volunteer State Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Gallatin has a violent crime rate of 0.22% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 0.76%. 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 Volunteer State Community College Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Volunteer 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

Nursing
#2904
World Rank
#2905
Historical Rank
#1145
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #1145 in the U.S. and #2904 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Computer Science
#6881
World Rank
#6889
Historical Rank
#1701
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #1701 in the U.S. and #6881 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Medical
#6430
World Rank
#6431
Historical Rank
#1876
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #1876 in the U.S. and #6430 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Criminal Justice
#3844
World Rank
#3847
Historical Rank
#1952
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #1952 in the U.S. and #3844 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Education
#7791
World Rank
#7794
Historical Rank
#2074
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #2074 in the U.S. and #7791 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Engineering
#12014
World Rank
#12019
Historical Rank
#2833
USA Rank

Volunteer State Community College ranks #2833 in the U.S. and #12014 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees