Public · Community college

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, Georgia · Small city

4%
Transfer rate: $5,720
Avg net price: 43%
Grad / completion: $35,759
Median earnings

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Rome, Georgia (small city setting), enrolling 4,244 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,244 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Rome, Georgia

Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. The Abihka tribe of Creek in the area of Rome later became part of the Upper Creek people (who occupied the Northern Creek territory, called themselves the Muscogee). Rome has long had the strength of economic diversity, with an economy founded in manufacturing, education, healthcare, technology, tourism, and other industries. In 1954, General Electric established a factory to build medium transformers. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 56 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean: 264 miles
Nearest airport: 55 miles to DeKalb Peachtree (PDK)

How Georgia Northwestern Technical College compares

Graduation rate43%

Higher than 30% · #36 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention62%

Higher than 27%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,759

Higher than 51% · #20 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$5,720

Cheaper than 88% · #13 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Median debt at graduation$6,421

Lower than 87%

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment4,244

Larger than 90%

Percentiles compare Georgia Northwestern 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

Women2,71864%
Men1,52636%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White58%
Black9.7%
Hispanic28%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial4.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 4,244
Student–faculty ratio: 22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 37%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 28%
Median family income: $22,361
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $47,943

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 970 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Georgia99%
Other U.S. states0.6%

Most first-years stay in state — Georgia Northwestern 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: $3,300
Out-of-state tuition: $5,868
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,500
Total cost of attendance: $15,096
Average net price: $5,720

Outcomes

Graduated: 43%
First-year retention: 62%
Transferred to another college: 4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,044
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,759
Median debt at graduation: $6,421
Students with federal loans: 4%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

43%

Low-income (Pell)

28%

First-generation

28%

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: $25

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

$5,152

$30–48k

$5,011

$48–75k

$6,456

$75–110k

$8,563

$110k+

$14,046

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.

12%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$25

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 12% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $25. 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 316 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): $35,759
Typical debt at graduation: $6,421
Debt vs. one year's pay: 18%
Out-earn a HS grad: 41%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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

$31,028

Men

$44,308

Men out-earn women by $13,280 (43%) 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: 90°F
Winter low: 30°F
Annual rain: 55.1″
Annual snow: 0.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rome, GA US station (1.4 mi from campus).

What Georgia Northwestern Technical College graduates study — and earn

Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

260 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

260———Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCert.

256 grads— 1 yr$56k 5 yr— debt

256—$56,488—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

236 grads$26k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

236$26,061——Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCert.

225 grads— 1 yr$16k 5 yr— debt

225—$16,481—Precision Metal WorkingCert.

218 grads$38k 1 yr$45k 5 yr— debt

218$38,002$45,040—Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

153 grads— 1 yr$37k 5 yr— debt

153—$36,764—Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

118 grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

118—$29,244—Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralCert.

117 grads— 1 yr$46k 5 yr— debt

117—$46,173—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

117 grads$27k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$5k debt

117$27,401$30,481$4,992 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

114 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

114———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

106 grads$37k 1 yr$43k 5 yr$9k debt

106$36,839$42,519$9,203 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

87 grads— 1 yr$48k 5 yr— debt

87—$48,448—

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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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.