unitid 139700 · Rome, GA · public 4-year · suburb (small)
Georgia Highlands College
- enrollment 2023
- 6,316
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
4,761
49th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
74th pctl among public 4-years
completion
21%
finish within 150% time
7th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,389
10th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$6,928
after aid, aided students
16th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,184
after entry, Title IV students
27th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$12,000
19th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $5,473 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k39%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k13%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $30,709
- First-generation students
- 41%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,120
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 605 | $38,747 | $11,166 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 82 | $75,652 | $18,193 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 39 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 34 | — | $16,044 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 25 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 23 | — | — |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 20 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 17 | — | — |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions. | 12 | — | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 5 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.