Public · Community college

Chattahoochee Technical College

Marietta, Georgia · Large suburb

13%
Transfer rate: $3,407
Avg net price: 38%
Grad / completion: $37,138
Median earnings

Chattahoochee Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Marietta, Georgia (large suburb setting), enrolling 8,727 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 8,727 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The origin of the name is uncertain. It is believed that the city was named for Mary Cobb, the wife of the U.S. Senator and Superior Court judge Thomas Willis Cobb. The county is named for Cobb. About 12.8% of the population were below the poverty line. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 16 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean: 234 miles
Nearest airport: 15 miles to DeKalb Peachtree (PDK)

How Chattahoochee Technical College compares

Graduation rate38%

Higher than 24% · #44 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention68%

Higher than 39%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,138

Higher than 57% · #16 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$3,407

Cheaper than 95% · #7 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment8,727

Larger than 95%

Percentiles compare Chattahoochee Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Georgia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women5,45963%
Men3,26837%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White38%
Black31%
Hispanic21%
Asian2.6%
Other or multiracial6.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 8,727
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 34%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 27%
Median family income: $18,905
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $49,608

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,955 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Georgia100%
Other U.S. states0.5%

Most first-years stay in state — Chattahoochee Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Georgia.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition: $3,540
Out-of-state tuition: $6,108
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,200
Total cost of attendance: $12,532
Average net price: $3,407

Outcomes

Graduated: 38%
First-year retention: 68%
Transferred to another college: 13%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $31,998
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,138
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

38%

First-generation

13%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $30

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$2,561

$30–48k

$2,622

$48–75k

$5,697

$75–110k

$7,410

$110k+

$10,158

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$4,163

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,163. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 844 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $37,138
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 43%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$33,936

Men

$43,398

Men out-earn women by $9,462 (28%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 84°F
Winter low: 32°F
Annual rain: 56.2″
Annual snow: 1.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mableton 1 N, GA US station (5.4 mi from campus).

What Chattahoochee Technical College graduates study — and earn

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesCert.

714 grads— 1 yr$43k 5 yr— debt

714—$42,763—Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

335 grads— 1 yr$56k 5 yr— debt

335—$55,840—Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

262 grads— 1 yr$38k 5 yr— debt

262—$37,539—Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssoc.

257 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

257———Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCert.

238 grads— 1 yr$44k 5 yr— debt

238—$43,729—Precision Metal WorkingCert.

226 grads— 1 yr$48k 5 yr— debt

226—$47,962—Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

202 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

202———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

155 grads$42k 1 yr$56k 5 yr— debt

155$41,533$56,074—Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

154 grads$42k 1 yr$58k 5 yr— debt

154$41,978$57,553—Computer ProgrammingCert.

151 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

151———Design and Applied ArtsCert.

141 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

141———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

131 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

131———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Tuition: $4k
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Earnings: $34k

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.