Private for-profit · Community college

Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus

Marietta, Georgia · Small city

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Transfer rate: $33,966
Avg net price: 31%
Grad / completion: $25,373
Median earnings

Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Marietta, Georgia (small city setting), enrolling 205 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 205 undergradsSmall cityCold 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: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 13 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean: 230 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to DeKalb Peachtree (PDK)

How Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus compares

Graduation rate31%

Higher than 14% · #54 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention63%

Higher than 28%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$25,373

Higher than 19% · #56 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$33,966

Cheaper than 5% · #66 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Median debt at graduation$12,498

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment205

Larger than 46%

Percentiles compare Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus 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

Women19093%
Men157%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White13%
Black70%
Hispanic8.8%
Asian1.0%
Other or multiracial7.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 205
Student–faculty ratio: 11 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 70%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 82%
Median family income: $13,663
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $34,911

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $33,966

Outcomes

Graduated: 31%
First-year retention: 63%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,112
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $25,373
Median debt at graduation: $12,498
Students with federal loans: 87%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 10%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$32,761

$30–48k

$37,102

$48–75k

$37,328

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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?

Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $25,373
Typical debt at graduation: $12,498
Debt vs. one year's pay: 49%
Out-earn a HS grad: 20%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.9 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

$25,118

Men

$27,187

Men out-earn women by $2,069 (8%) 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

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Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mableton 1 N, GA US station (7.7 mi from campus).

What Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

28 grads$27k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$12k debt

28$27,457$28,110$12,406 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

22 grads$32k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$26k debt

22$31,970$32,981$26,222 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

19 grads$33k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$21k debt

19$32,973$28,514$20,822 Legal Support ServicesAssoc.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.