Public · Community college

Southern Crescent Technical College

Griffin, Georgia · Fringe town

7%
Transfer rate
$5,661
Avg net price
58%
Grad / completion
$36,104
Median earnings

Southern Crescent Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Griffin, Georgia (fringe town setting), enrolling 4,098 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,098 undergradsFringe townNJCAA Division I

About Griffin, Georgia

Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States. In 1938, Alma Lovell had been distributing religious Bible tracts as a Jehovah's Witness but was arrested for violating a city ordinance requiring prior permission for distributing literature. The Griffin Museum is located upstairs in the Welcome Center and contains an array of Griffin artifacts and memorabilia, including some dating from the mid-1800s. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe town
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
35 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean
204 miles
Nearest airport
27 miles to Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta (ATL) · major hub

How Southern Crescent Technical College compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 46% · #22 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention63%

Higher than 28%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,104

Higher than 53% · #18 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$5,661

Cheaper than 88% · #12 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment4,098

Larger than 89%

Percentiles compare Southern Crescent 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

4,098undergrads
  • Women2,76667%
  • Men1,33233%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White30%
  • Black56%
  • Hispanic8.0%
  • Asian1.3%
  • Other or multiracial4.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,098
Student–faculty ratio
21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
48%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
35%
Median family income
$17,015
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$48,996

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 993 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Georgia100%

Most first-years stay in state — Southern Crescent 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
$3,516
Out-of-state tuition
$6,084
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,346
Total cost of attendance
$16,430
Average net price
$5,661

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
58%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
7%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$30,708
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,104
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
10%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
22%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
58%
First-generation
17%

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
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
25 (15 men · 10 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)

Basketball25

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

Campus safety

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

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 6 campuses (6,185 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.

0.7reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Rape
0.3
Burglary
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
$4,265
$30–48k
$5,034
$48–75k
$8,589
$75–110k
$9,872
$110k+
$14,117

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?

Southern Crescent Technical College 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)
$36,104
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
26%
Out-earn a HS grad
41%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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
$33,703
Men
$41,853

Men out-earn women by $8,150 (24%) 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
34°F
Annual rain
54.2″
Annual snow
0.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Experiment, GA US station (0.7 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.