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Albany Technical College

Albany, GA · 18 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$326,216 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−165%Modeled 10-year ROI
$32,188Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$326,216at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$198,0960
2
4
6
8
−$326,21610
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$3,364
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,932
Sticker price
Average net price$4,524
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$14,101
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$4,524Average net price / year
$14,101Cost of attendance
$12,412Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$132/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$32,188Median earnings · year 5 after completion
42.3%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,029Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$4,308
$30–48k$3,847
$48–75k$6,209
$75–110k$9,228
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$32,188
Year 6$26,734
Year 10$30,541
Full-time retention
50.7%
Part-time retention
29.4%
Completion within 200% of normal time
40.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

25thEarnings percentile
27thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$37,510Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$16,758Median federal debt across categories that report debt
20%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,970Year 1
$37,104Year 4
$32,188Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$82,0492Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$59,4463Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,3894Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$51,1195Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,7866Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,1027Business Administration, Management and Operations · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,0728Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$37,510

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Annual net price
$5,258
Observed earnings · year 5
$34,848
Modeled 10-year ROI
-150%
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Annual net price
$6,542
Observed earnings · year 5
$34,586
Modeled 10-year ROI
-151%
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Griffin, GA

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Annual net price
$5,661
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,631
Modeled 10-year ROI
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Savannah, GA

Savannah Technical College

Annual net price
$6,114
Observed earnings · year 5
$37,416
Modeled 10-year ROI
-137%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$82,049Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$59,446Not available
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,389Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$51,119$16,880
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$47,786Not available
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,102$9,156
Business Administration, Management and OperationsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,072$15,435
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$37,510$24,644
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,585$25,276
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,105Not available
Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$29,126Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,287$16,758
Hospitality Administration/ManagementUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$28,033Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$22,093Not available
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$18,729Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's DegreeNot available$19,250
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$9,920
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$9,574

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.