Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting
Nashville, Tennessee · Website
$62,978
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$62,978
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting is a for-profit 2-year college in Nashville, Tennessee with 805 undergraduates. Former students earn a median $62,978 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $6,840 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
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Completion rate
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Median debt
$6,840
About $73 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$62,978
Rank 628 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 26%
- Students with federal loans
- 48%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission and students
- Undergraduates
- 805
- Part-time students
- 3.0%
- Women
- 79%
- Students per teacher
- 97
- Highest degree
- Associate's degree
- Programs
- 2
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 628 of 5,094 US colleges and 8 of 120 in Tennessee (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | TN median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $15,261 | $24,624 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $15,120 | $15,645 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 70% | 86% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 60% | 67% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 74% | 75% | 75% |
| Median debt | $6,840 | $15,784 | $10,722 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $68,179 | $34,684 | $33,986 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $62,978 | $38,610 | $36,368 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 60% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 91% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 496 | $6,840 | $69,188 | $79,119 | $57,584 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsOnlineAssociate's | Associate's | 17 | $13,174 | $75,955 | $91,261 | $65,389 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much do Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting graduates earn?
$62,978 a year is the median pay of former Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting students who work, 10 years after they started ($68,179 after 6 years). That ranks 628 of 5,094 US colleges and 8 of 120 in Tennessee. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's) at $75,955.
How much student debt do Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting graduates have?
$6,840 is the median federal student loan debt of Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting graduates, about $73 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 48% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What are the most popular majors at Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting?
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (496 certificate graduates), Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (17 associate's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 2 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.