North Georgia
Technical College
Public Community College in Clarkesville, GA. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $32,932.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,932 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 39% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,823 — modest by four-year standards. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.5% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 39% graduate within six years. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,966 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,758 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,525 at $0–30k, $8,459 at $75–110k. 82% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,036 — common but not automatic.
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 · 352 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 | $3,525 |
| $30–48k | $2,893 |
| $48–75k | $5,769 |
| $75–110k | $8,459 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Habersham 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)