Georgia Highlands College
Rome, Georgia
- Two-year college
- Public
- Suburb
- 4,761 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $75,106 a year after finishingNationally: $69,638
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's degree · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $43,683 a year after finishingNationally: $50,300
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $41,608 a year after finishingNationally: $43,365
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 101 finishedGraduates here earned $87,195 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $97,337 a year after finishingNationally: $84,093
Other programs (3)
- Data AnalyticsAssociate degree · 1 finished
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 547 finishedGraduates here earned $35,435 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $38,048
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,521per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $12,749sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,216Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 17%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 20%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $40,0896 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $46,88010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 27%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 37%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Georgia Highlands College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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