Public · Community college

South Georgia Technical College

Americus, Georgia · Distant town

#5 best value in Georgia
5%
Transfer rate
$1,164
Avg net price
61%
Grad / completion
$30,364
Median earnings

South Georgia Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Americus, Georgia (distant town setting), enrolling 1,407 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,407 undergradsDistant townNJCAA Division I

About Americus, Georgia

Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. For its first two decades, Americus was a small courthouse town. The Starksville Road, now Lee Street, was an important highway before the city was founded, and is now the location of many of the older buildings and homes listed in the Americus Historic District. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
52 miles to Columbus, GA
To the ocean
139 miles
Nearest airport
40 miles to Southwest Georgia (ABY)

How South Georgia Technical College compares

Graduation rate61%

Higher than 50% · #17 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention77%

Higher than 58%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,364

Higher than 33% · #44 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$1,164

Cheaper than 99% · #5 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment1,407

Larger than 77%

Percentiles compare South Georgia 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

1,407undergrads
  • Women79156%
  • Men61644%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White35%
  • Black54%
  • Hispanic5.8%
  • Other or multiracial5.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,407
Student–faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
51%
First-generation students
48%
Students over 25
28%
Median family income
$14,546
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$47,079

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 371 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Georgia93%
  • Other U.S. states7.3%

Most first-years stay in state — South Georgia 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
$3,992
Out-of-state tuition
$7,202
Room & board
$6,100
Books & supplies
$500
Total cost of attendance
$14,281
Average net price
$1,164

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
61%
First-year retention
77%
Transferred to another college
5%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$28,744
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$30,364
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
61%
First-generation
39%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
246
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
17%
Housing charge (year)
$3,300
Meal plan (year)
$2,700
Application fee
$25
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
29 (15 men · 14 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (1)

Basketball29

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,795 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Statutory rape
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$388
$30–48k
$780
$48–75k
$4,620
$75–110k
$3,464
$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?

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

8%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$9,820
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 8% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $9,820. 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 244 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)
$30,364
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
31%
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
$24,591
Men
$37,716

Men out-earn women by $13,125 (53%) 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
91°F
Winter low
35°F
Annual rain
53.4″
Annual snow
0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.06.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Americus, GA US station (6.8 mi from campus).

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.