Lincoln College
of Technology-Marietta
For-profit College in Marietta, GA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $31,914.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,914 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,521.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 64% finish inside six years. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 34:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. This is a small school — 742 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 741 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $31,397 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. Net price varies modestly by income — $30,296 at $0–30k against $35,401 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $4,214. 65% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 428 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 | $30,296 |
| $30–48k | $30,988 |
| $48–75k | $31,864 |
| $75–110k | $33,291 |
| $110k+ | $35,401 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 482 of these 741 students, totalling $3,758,032 — an average of $7,797 each.
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)