+11%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Athens Technical College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 ($3.1k → $3.4k).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Athens Technical College
Athens, Georgia. 3,153 undergraduate students. 92 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Athens Technical College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+18%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Athens Technical College rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (61.8% → 73.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$35,951+13% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$31,758
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry33.1%+156% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%—
At program completion3,153+108% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS72.6%+55% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,172+250% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,572SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
+156%
Athens Technical College · completion · 150% rose
11.3% → 29.0%
+55%
Athens Technical College · retention rose
47.0% → 73.0%
+108%
Athens Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
1,594 → 3,318
+242%
Athens Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$969 → $3,390
+238%
Athens Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,761 → $5,958
+31%
Athens Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$27,500 → $35,951
+32%
Athens Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$25,500 → $33,563
+29%
Athens Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$24,600 → $31,758
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$76,282Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$53,621Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$48,206Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$42,281Accounting and Related Services.$38,249Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$34,292Criminal Justice and Corrections.$31,451Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$31,413Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$25,269
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Athens Technical College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$190,049
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $8,745
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 47
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Athens Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Athens Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Athens Technical College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.