Chattahoochee Technical College
Public Community College in Marietta, GA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $37,138.
Students who entered Chattahoochee Technical College reach a median of $37,138 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 68% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 54% return, against 68% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,555 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,655 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,561 at $0–30k against $10,158 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $5,847.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 945 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $2,561 |
| $30–48k | $2,622 |
| $48–75k | $5,697 |
| $75–110k | $7,410 |
| $110k+ | $10,158 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cobb County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)