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Albany Technical College

Albany Technical College is a public institution in Albany, Georgia. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$4,524
Avg net price / yr
$30,541
10-yr median earnings
38.0%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Albany Technical College posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

21st pct.
former-student earnings, US
38.0%
150%-time completion
+14%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Small Carnegie: Associate's
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Albany Technical College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

D
College Value Score
42/100
Albany Technical College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings F
$30,541
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$4,524
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
38.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt C
$12,412
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
18.1%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Albany Technical College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$30,541

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$4,524

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

38.0%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 38.0%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Albany Technical College vs peers

Albany Technical College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 7 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Albany Technical College positioned by earni… Carnegie Classification: Associate's Associate's COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $26K $51K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $3K $14K Avg Net Price ($) Albany Technical College (you are here): $31K earn · $5K net · 38% grad You are here - Albany Technical C… North Georgia Technical College: $33K earn · $4K net · 38% grad North Georgia Tech… Georgia Piedmont Technical College: $35K earn · $14K net · 39% grad Georgia Piedmont T… Ogeechee Technical College: $31K earn · $7K net · 42% grad Ogeechee Technical… Oconee Fall Line Technical College: $31K earn · $13K net · 54% grad Oconee Fall Line T… Georgia Southwestern State University: $49K earn · $12K net · 36% grad Georgia Southweste… Albany State University: $41K earn · $12K net · 27% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Albany Technical College ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Albany Technical College: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$30,541 21st percentile higher than 21% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Albany Technical College National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $30,541 #4028 of 5103 21st
Average net price $4,524 #253 of 5020 95th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 38.0% #3775 of 4858 22nd
Undergraduate enrollment 2,029 #1456 of 5462 73rd

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

2,029
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
38.0%
150%-time completion
$30,541
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Albany Technical College ranks in Georgia

State rank among 141 reporting Georgia colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Albany Technical College State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $30,541 #118 of 141 16th
Average net price $4,524 #10 of 127 92nd (lower is better)
150%-time completion 38.0% #74 of 123 40th
Undergraduate enrollment 2,029 #50 of 133 62nd

Highest former-student earnings in Georgia

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Miami Ad School-Atlanta$106,192$60,682
2Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$102,772$12,116
3Chamberlain University-Georgia$92,405$33,188
4United States University$80,980-
5Emory University$80,137$22,585
6Emory University-Oxford College$80,137$37,920
7University of Georgia$68,726$13,936
8Galen Health Institutes-Savannah$61,480-
9Grady Health System Professional Schools$60,726-
10Spelman College$59,993$38,967
11Mercer University$58,354$23,847
12Georgia College & State University$58,140$20,686
118Albany Technical CollegeThis school$30,541$4,524

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Albany Technical College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Albany Technical College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $3,364
Out-of-State Tuition $5,932
Average Net Price $4,524
58.5%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$12,412
Median Debt
$132/mo
Monthly Payment

Net price at Albany Technical College swings rather than trends

Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $420 to $8,622 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +785.2%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.

Lowest year
$420
Highest year
$8,622
Most recent (2023)
$4,293
Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $4852014: $1,8262015: $1,2462016: $7022017: $1,0332018: $6982019: $4202020: $6632021: $8,6222022: $4,3202023: $4,293
2013 · $4852023 · $4,293

Over the same years, enrollment went -40.8% (3,743 → 2,214 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

63.0%
Female
46.4%
First Generation

Outcomes

$26,734
Median Earnings (6yr)
34.4%
Earning Over $25K
18.1%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 38.0%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $26,734
Median earnings 10 years after entry $30,541
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 34.4%
Loan repayment rate Completers, 3 years after leaving 18.1%
Median federal student debt At completion $12,412
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $132/mo

Programs & Earnings

Field-of-study summary by credential

Credential Programs Award count Avg earnings Top earnings Avg debt
Certificate 17 914 $36,479 $59,446 $7,987
Associate's 7 183 $56,893 $82,049 $14,380

Top programs at Albany Technical College by completer earnings

Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file

median earnings

What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's 22 $82,049 -
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Certificate 29 $59,446 -
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians Certificate 17 $58,389 -
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's 59 $51,119 $14,246
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Certificate 31 $47,786 -
Ground Transportation Certificate 109 $40,102 $3,750
Business Administration, Management and Operations Certificate 153 $39,072 $11,080
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's 36 $37,510 $15,032
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate 67 $34,585 $9,641
Precision Metal Working Certificate 40 $32,105 -
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services Certificate 18 $29,126 -
Criminal Justice and Corrections Certificate 61 $28,287 $12,538
Hospitality Administration/Management Certificate 22 $28,033 -
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Certificate 20 $22,093 -
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate 126 $18,729 -

Matches use Scorecard measures among reporting colleges — not state-system recommendations or geographic proximity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Albany Technical College?
Albany Technical College is a public institution in Albany, Georgia. Undergraduate enrollment is 2,029 students.
How much do Albany Technical College former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Albany Technical College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $30,541 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $26,734.
How much does Albany Technical College cost?
The average net price at Albany Technical College is $4,524. In-state tuition is $3,364 and out-of-state tuition is $5,932. Median student debt at graduation is $12,412.
What is the graduation rate at Albany Technical College?
Albany Technical College has a 38.0% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Albany Technical College worth the student debt?
The median student debt at Albany Technical College is $12,412, while former students earn a median of $30,541 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 41% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 18.1% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $132.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Albany Technical College

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