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Oconee Fall Line Technical College

Sandersville, GA · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$330,336 over 10 years

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

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−143%Modeled 10-year ROI
$35,104Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
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
−$330,336at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$231,3760
2
4
6
8
−$330,33610
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$3,380
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,948
Sticker price
Average net price$12,844
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$24,902
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Rural
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$12,844Average net price / year
$24,902Cost of attendance
$6,514Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$69/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$35,104Median earnings · year 5 after completion
65.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,708Student 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$12,378
$30–48k$12,647
$48–75k$17,057
$75–110k$12,835
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$35,104
Year 6$29,299
Year 10$30,899
Full-time retention
66.1%
Part-time retention
47.6%
Completion within 200% of normal time
48.3%

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.

29thEarnings percentile
60thCompletion 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.

$44,393Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$13,644Median federal debt across categories that report debt
33%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,357Year 1
$37,265Year 4
$35,104Year 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.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$68,1992Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,3933Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,684

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

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $68,199 reported+4%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $44,393 reported-9%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $25,684 reported-25%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in GA

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

Vidalia, GA

Southeastern Technical College

Annual net price
$10,612
Observed earnings · year 5
$35,701
Modeled 10-year ROI
-142%
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Swainsboro, GA

East Georgia State College

Annual net price
$9,626
Observed earnings · year 5
$35,763
Modeled 10-year ROI
-142%
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Clarkston, GA

Georgia Piedmont Technical College

Annual net price
$13,761
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,310
Modeled 10-year ROI
-128%
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Augusta, GA

Augusta Technical College

Annual net price
$10,485
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,389
Modeled 10-year ROI
-130%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$68,199Not available0
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,393Not available26
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,684Not available13
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$10,407Not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's DegreeNot available$13,644Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$14,10436

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.