Debt by Degrees » Georgia
This database was last updated in March 2017 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Scorecard.
Georgia Colleges
Research University (12)
Predominately Associate Degrees College (51)
Predominately Bachelor's Degrees College (29)
Medical & Nursing School (4)
Tech & Engineering School (1)
Art School (2)
Master's College (21)
Unclassified (46)
| Name | Type | Students Receiving Pell Grants | Avg. Cost for Low-Income Students | Median Federal Debt of Pell Grantees | Nonrepayment Rate of Pell Grantees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta School of Massage | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 43% | $19,935 | $7,917 | 65.7% |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 59% | $23,207 | $13,625 | 86.5% |
| Georgia Institute of Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 90% | $11,008 | $9,833 | |
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Atlanta | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 61% | $14,350 | $9,833 | |
| Cobb Beauty College Inc | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 74% | $13,287 | ||
| Rivertown School of Beauty Barber Skin Care and Nails | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 95% | $5,973 | ||
| Fayette Beauty Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 97% | $11,048 | $4,750 | |
| Gwinnett College-Sandy Springs | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 59% | $13,074 | $9,373 | 70.8% |
| Everest Institute-Marietta | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 65% | $24,551 | $9,500 | 81.2% |
| Everest Institute-Jonesboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 64% | $24,596 | $9,500 | 87.0% |
| Vogue Beauty and Barber School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 82% | $15,412 | ||
| Empire Beauty School-Morrow | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $13,725 | $7,340 | 67.8% |
| Elaine Sterling Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $27,473 | $9,500 | |
| Fayette Beauty Academy-Ritz Beauty Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 24% | $8,784 | $4,750 | |
| Helms Career Institute | Private not-for-profit, less-than 2-year | 87% | $18,393 | $7,917 | 94.4% |
| Profile Institute of Barber-Styling | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 56% | $9,689 | ||
| New Horizons Medical Institute-Winder | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 25% | $7,231 | ||
| Omnitech Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 92% | $18,680 | $9,500 | |
| Empire Beauty School-Gwinnett | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $12,777 | $8,100 | 88.9% |
| Keune Academy by 124 | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 34% | $16,235 | $11,871 | 60.9% |
| Atlanta Beauty & Barber Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 90% | $9,680 | ||
| Empire Beauty School-Savannah | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 73% | $13,140 | $8,161 | 78.9% |
| Grady Health System Professional Schools | Public, 2-year | 37% | $12,500 | 37.5% | |
| New Horizons Medical Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year | 6% | $7,231 | ||
| United Medical and Business Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 80% | $15,758 | ||
| Helms College | Private not-for-profit, less-than 2-year | 76% | $12,849 | $9,500 | |
| Empire Beauty School-Augusta | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $12,968 | $7,427 | 73.2% |
| Regina's College of Beauty | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 52% | $12,502 | ||
| Georgia Career Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 46% | $10,340 | $7,087 | 76.4% |
| Everest College-Atlanta West | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 74% | $23,442 | $9,500 | 81.2% |
| Portfolio Center | Private for-profit, 2-year | 18% | $35,287 | $9,500 | |
| Georgia Beauty Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 66% | $12,275 | ||
| Lake Lanier School of Massage | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 70% | $18,491 | ||
| The Creative Circus | Private for-profit, 2-year | 20% | $22,991 | $19,127 | 64.9% |
| Pro Way Hair School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 85% | $11,590 | ||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Atlanta | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 53% | $18,797 | $9,833 | 73.9% |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Esani | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 48% | $16,091 | $9,833 | 70.4% |
| Woodruff Medical Training and Testing | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 77% | $16,366 | ||
| Augusta School of Massage | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 52% | $8,343 | 57.1% | |
| Brown College of Court Reporting | Private for-profit, 2-year | 86% | $27,730 | $19,500 | 78.2% |
| Empire Beauty School-Dunwoody | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $13,704 | $7,427 | 73.2% |
| Atlanta Institute of Music and Media | Private for-profit, 2-year | 37% | $23,322 | $5,500 | 74.1% |
| Beauty College of America | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 72% | $7,758 | ||
| Fayette Beauty Academy-Ritz Beauty Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 100% | $9,710 | $4,750 | |
| International School of Skin Nailcare & Massage Therapy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 46% | $24,177 | $5,446 | 58.3% |
| Empire Beauty School-Kennesaw | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 85% | $13,224 | $8,100 | 88.9% |
| Mercer University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 41% | $18,407 | $22,900 | 65.6% |
| Emory University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 21% | $15,535 | $19,000 | 26.0% |
| Valdosta State University | Public, 4-year | 47% | $11,900 | $18,500 | 65.5% |
| Georgia Southern University | Public, 4-year | 38% | $13,714 | $19,000 | 56.6% |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Public, 4-year | 18% | $6,138 | $22,606 | 20.5% |
| University of West Georgia | Public, 4-year | 51% | $12,581 | $16,404 | 62.2% |
| Georgia State University | Public, 4-year | 52% | $13,854 | $18,500 | 60.5% |
| Augusta University | Public, 4-year | 43% | $5,605 | $7,623 | 23.9% |
| Clark Atlanta University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 72% | $30,500 | $21,250 | 72.1% |
| Argosy University-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 72% | $20,122 | $10,000 | 86.2% |
| University of Georgia | Public, 4-year | 24% | $8,558 | $18,461 | 39.5% |
| Kennesaw State University | Public, 4-year | 41% | $13,686 | $16,000 | 53.9% |
| Oconee Fall Line Technical College | Public, 2-year | 60% | $2,168 | $4,333 | |
| Southeastern Technical College | Public, 2-year | 73% | $3,622 | $5,091 | |
| Ogeechee Technical College | Public, 2-year | 71% | $8,075 | $7,433 | |
| Athens Technical College | Public, 2-year | 61% | $5,959 | ||
| Augusta Technical College | Public, 2-year | 68% | $9,076 | $6,000 | |
| Interactive College of Technology-Morrow | Private for-profit, 2-year | 61% | $8,319 | 55.1% | |
| Georgia Piedmont Technical College | Public, 2-year | 71% | $8,718 | $6,000 | |
| Atlanta Metropolitan State College | Public, 4-year | 75% | $10,103 | $4,420 | 86.9% |
| Georgia Military College | Public, 2-year | 62% | $7,157 | $5,500 | 79.7% |
| Albany Technical College | Public, 2-year | 79% | $1,409 | $5,179 | 89.6% |
| Atlanta Technical College | Public, 2-year | 76% | $3,673 | $6,859 | |
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 69% | $1,942 | $3,179 | |
| Southwest Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 57% | $1,430 | ||
| South Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 70% | $2,643 | ||
| Savannah Technical College | Public, 2-year | 66% | $4,101 | $5,216 | |
| Virginia College-Macon | Private for-profit, 2-year | 92% | $16,134 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Andrew College | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 61% | $15,118 | $9,750 | 64.8% |
| Moultrie Technical College | Public, 2-year | 62% | $2,709 | ||
| Chattahoochee Technical College | Public, 2-year | 50% | $1,690 | ||
| Lanier Technical College | Public, 2-year | 46% | $6,014 | ||
| Gwinnett Technical College | Public, 2-year | 54% | $3,963 | $6,017 | 72.8% |
| SAE Institute of Technology-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 64% | $22,446 | $6,333 | |
| Gwinnett College-Lilburn | Private for-profit, 2-year | 80% | $22,186 | $12,396 | 80.0% |
| Southern Crescent Technical College | Public, 2-year | 72% | $8,110 | $5,209 | |
| West Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 58% | $3,699 | $5,000 | 71.5% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Douglasville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 83% | $23,269 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| South Georgia State College | Public, 4-year | 64% | $6,654 | $7,007 | 78.1% |
| Central Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 62% | $3,135 | $3,500 | |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Columbus | Private for-profit, 2-year | 95% | $20,381 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| MedTech Institute-Atlanta Campus | Private for-profit, 2-year | 61% | $21,095 | $9,500 | 92.5% |
| Everest Institute-Norcross | Private for-profit, 2-year | 68% | $21,407 | $9,500 | 84.5% |
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 72% | $15,288 | $12,772 | 77.9% |
| North Georgia Technical College | Public, 2-year | 68% | $2,594 | $5,500 | |
| Columbus Technical College | Public, 2-year | 69% | $8,506 | $6,000 | |
| Georgia Northwestern Technical College | Public, 2-year | 66% | $5,009 | $5,326 | |
| Interactive College of Technology-Chamblee | Private for-profit, 2-year | 56% | $12,077 | 55.1% | |
| Darton State College | Public, 4-year | 57% | $6,544 | $8,422 | 76.1% |
| Interactive College of Technology-Gainesville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 58% | $10,143 | 55.1% | |
| Sanford-Brown College-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 70% | $17,648 | $9,500 | 80.1% |
| Bainbridge State College | Public, 2-year | 76% | $3,448 | $7,933 | 85.0% |
| Brown Mackie College-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 86% | $20,738 | $12,267 | 85.2% |
| Virginia College-Columbus | Private for-profit, 2-year | 88% | $16,453 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| East Georgia State College | Public, 4-year | 66% | $6,916 | $7,300 | 82.1% |
| Fortis College-Smyrna | Private for-profit, 2-year | 59% | $20,254 | $10,192 | 80.5% |
| Georgia Highlands College | Public, 4-year | 50% | $4,716 | $5,500 | 64.8% |
| Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 78% | $17,068 | $8,436 | 85.2% |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Augusta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 86% | $18,025 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| Miller-Motte Technical College-Macon | Private for-profit, 2-year | 92% | $19,193 | $13,066 | 72.4% |
| Georgia Perimeter College | Public, 2-year | 46% | $5,454 | $6,000 | 77.1% |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Marietta | Private for-profit, 2-year | 70% | $13,702 | $8,708 | 81.2% |
| Coastal Pines Technical College | Public, 2-year | 65% | $3,507 | ||
| ITT Technical Institute-Kennesaw | Private for-profit, 4-year | 77% | $24,644 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Bauder College | Private for-profit, 4-year | 79% | $16,592 | $14,606 | 91.1% |
| Brewton-Parker College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $12,281 | $11,000 | 61.3% |
| College of Coastal Georgia | Public, 4-year | 53% | $9,462 | $9,000 | 73.7% |
| Dalton State College | Public, 4-year | 57% | $5,020 | $8,750 | 63.4% |
| Herzing University-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 67% | $21,320 | $10,437 | 79.5% |
| Young Harris College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 40% | $13,862 | $13,588 | 41.7% |
| Wesleyan College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 35% | $16,302 | $19,000 | 60.3% |
| Westwood College-Atlanta Peachtree Center Campus | Private for-profit, 4-year | 83% | $22,190 | $19,500 | 85.3% |
| Agnes Scott College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 44% | $16,596 | $26,990 | 44.8% |
| Georgia Gwinnett College | Public, 4-year | 53% | $10,284 | $9,500 | 75.2% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 80% | $23,732 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Georgia Christian University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 22% | $19,981 | ||
| Middle Georgia State University | Public, 4-year | 51% | $8,199 | $8,809 | 75.3% |
| Reinhardt University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 41% | $15,979 | $10,750 | 59.2% |
| Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College | Public, 4-year | 46% | $4,967 | $8,750 | 71.5% |
| Point University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 55% | $12,479 | $21,500 | 73.5% |
| Emmanuel College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $14,278 | $18,569 | 63.5% |
| Gordon State College | Public, 4-year | 55% | $9,765 | $8,250 | 80.7% |
| Shorter University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 46% | $18,189 | $25,250 | 70.8% |
| Morehouse College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 52% | $32,209 | $26,000 | 71.8% |
| Westwood College-Northlake | Private for-profit, 4-year | 76% | $24,893 | $17,957 | 83.2% |
| Truett-McConnell College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 21% | $15,925 | $11,000 | 56.6% |
| Covenant College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 29% | $15,834 | $22,500 | 27.0% |
| LaGrange College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $20,053 | $14,750 | 54.3% |
| Spelman College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 48% | $30,307 | $24,000 | 55.2% |
| Oglethorpe University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $16,868 | $19,567 | 50.4% |
| Paine College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 78% | $14,910 | $14,250 | 85.2% |
| Toccoa Falls College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 56% | $16,282 | $17,664 | 36.6% |
| Virginia College-Savannah | Private for-profit, 4-year | 88% | $16,586 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Chamberlain College of Nursing-Georgia | Private for-profit, 4-year | 57% | $20,375 | 51.3% | |
| Virginia College-Augusta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 91% | $16,350 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Life University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 49% | $21,863 | $16,082 | 67.7% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Duluth | Private for-profit, 4-year | 76% | $22,738 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Savannah College of Art and Design | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 27% | $32,929 | $24,000 | 54.5% |
| The Art Institute of Atlanta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 74% | $24,395 | $12,667 | 79.9% |
| Albany State University | Public, 4-year | 72% | $11,430 | $25,500 | 84.5% |
| Piedmont College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 47% | $14,995 | $17,023 | 62.6% |
| Fort Valley State University | Public, 4-year | 77% | $13,912 | $23,458 | 82.8% |
| Clayton State University | Public, 4-year | 58% | $10,600 | $19,460 | 70.0% |
| Berry College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 26% | $18,300 | $16,000 | 39.2% |
| Brenau University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 36% | $16,673 | $17,995 | 59.0% |
| Columbus State University | Public, 4-year | 47% | $9,318 | $15,040 | 71.1% |
| Georgia Southwestern State University | Public, 4-year | 47% | $10,503 | $16,251 | 61.6% |
| Savannah State University | Public, 4-year | 74% | $9,211 | $16,963 | 82.7% |
| Thomas University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $19,534 | $12,500 | 70.3% |
| Southern Polytechnic State University | Public, 4-year | 41% | $9,785 | $14,500 | 45.3% |
| Strayer University-Georgia | Private for-profit, 4-year | 60% | $30,230 | $9,500 | 82.7% |
| Georgia College and State University | Public, 4-year | 22% | $12,847 | $19,000 | 37.8% |
| University of Phoenix-Georgia | Private for-profit, 4-year | 70% | $17,728 | $14,250 | 81.7% |
| South University-Savannah | Private for-profit, 4-year | 67% | $22,184 | $9,500 | 85.1% |
| DeVry University-Georgia | Private for-profit, 4-year | 67% | $25,058 | $20,000 | 71.1% |
| South University–Savannah Online | Private for-profit, 4-year | 60% | $21,239 | $9,500 | 85.1% |
| Shorter University-College of Adult & Professional Programs | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $27,155 | $25,250 | 70.8% |
| American InterContinental University-Atlanta | Private for-profit, 4-year | 79% | $18,575 | $8,554 | 83.0% |
| University of North Georgia | Public, 4-year | 38% | $8,291 | $8,750 | 36.6% |
| Armstrong State University | Public, 4-year | 43% | $12,525 | $15,215 | 57.3% |