Gwinnett Technical College
Public Community College in Lawrenceville, GA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $45,025.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,025 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 32% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 58% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,395 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,618 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $5,171 at the $0–30k band to $13,777 at $110k+. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,507 — common but not automatic. 27% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 413 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 | $5,171 |
| $30–48k | $5,064 |
| $48–75k | $7,652 |
| $75–110k | $10,620 |
| $110k+ | $13,777 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,960 of these 7,395 students, totalling $10,810,948 — an average of $5,516 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gwinnett 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)