Public · Community college

Southern Regional Technical College

Thomasville, Georgia · Distant town

#4 best value in Georgia
8%
Transfer rate
$813
Avg net price
31%
Grad / completion
$31,293
Median earnings

Southern Regional Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Thomasville, Georgia (distant town setting), enrolling 3,098 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 3,098 undergradsDistant town

About Thomasville, Georgia

Thomasville is a city in and the county seat of Thomas County, Georgia, United States. Thomasville was founded in 1825 as seat of the newly formed Thomas County. The community was named for Jett Thomas, a general in the War of 1812. Thomasville plants and maintains more than 1,000 roses located throughout the city, as do a number of residents who have their own rose gardens. During the last week of April, rose growers from all over the world display their prize roses for a panel of judges. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
52 miles
Nearest airport
40 miles to Tallahassee (TLH)

How Southern Regional Technical College compares

Graduation rate31%

Higher than 13% · #57 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention56%

Higher than 17%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,293

Higher than 36% · #31 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$813

Cheaper than 99% · #4 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment3,098

Larger than 86%

Percentiles compare Southern Regional 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

3,098undergrads
  • Women2,27073%
  • Men82827%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White44%
  • Black41%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Other or multiracial3.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
3,098
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
43%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
27%
Median family income
$16,969
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$49,599

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 671 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Georgia99%
  • Other U.S. states0.9%

Most first-years stay in state — Southern Regional 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
$3,007
Out-of-state tuition
$5,575
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,150
Total cost of attendance
$11,896
Average net price
$813

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
31%
First-year retention
56%
Transferred to another college
8%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$29,304
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,293
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
31%
First-generation
27%

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

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.7 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
4
Property offenses (2022–2024)
7

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 6 campuses (5,381 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.

3.7reported offenses a year
1.3 violent a year2.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
2.0
Fondling
1.3
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
$423
$30–48k
$347
$48–75k
$2,659
$75–110k
$5,042
$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?

Southern Regional 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)
$31,293
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
37%
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
$27,731
Men
$37,763

Men out-earn women by $10,032 (36%) 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
38°F
Annual rain
50.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.57.1JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cairo 1SW, GA US station (15.8 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.