Every year approximately 23 students graduate with a degree in medical transcription from Tennessee schools. If you too are interested in studying medical transcription, Tennessee has 3 medical transcription schools from which you can choose. Tuition at Tennessee's medical transcription schools is approximately $2,922 per year for a certificate in medical transcription.
Tennessee's largest medical transcription school, which is located in Harriman, is Roane State Community College. Approximately 13 students graduated with a medical transcription certificate from Roane State Community College in 2009, which is 57% of the total state medical transcription graduates for that year. In 2009, tuition at Roane State Community College, was approximately $2,945 per year.
A majority of medical transcription graduates choose to work as medical transcriptionists. If you are planning on working in the state after graduation, you should know that the job outlook for medical transcriptionists in Tennessee is not very good. Approximately 2,300 medical transcriptionists are currently working in Tennessee. And the government projects that this number will increase by 2%, or to 2,370 medical transcriptionists by the year 2018.
As a medical transcriptionist in Tennessee you can expect to earn anywhere from less than $22,133 per year to more than $39,370 per year. But the median salary for medical transcriptionists earn $29,419 per year, in Tennessee.
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Nashville State Community College
Address:
120 White Bridge Rd, Nashville, Tennessee 37209-4515
Awards Offered:
Less than 1 year certificate
1-2 years certificate
Associate's degree
Walters State Community College
Address:
500 South Davy Crockett Parkway, Morristown, Tennessee 37813-6899
Awards Offered:
Less than 1 year certificate
1-2 years certificate
Associate's degree
Roane State Community College
Address:
276 Patton Lane, Harriman, Tennessee 37748
Awards Offered:
Less than 1 year certificate
1-2 years certificate
Associate's degree