-26%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Atlanta Technical College fell 26% between 2006 and 2009 (28.6% → 21.3%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, Georgia. 3,044 undergraduate students. 73 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Atlanta 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Atlanta Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.5% → 0.0%).
-32%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Atlanta Technical College fell 32% between 2017 and 2020 ($14.0k → $9.5k).
+22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Atlanta Technical College rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 (3.2k → 3.9k).
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.
$30,350+12% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$27,097
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.8%-30% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$6,334+171% · '11→'20
At program completion3,044+920% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS60.5%+30% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,164+238% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,564SECTION 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 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.8%Median federal debt $6,334 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $30,350 (10y after entry).
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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-30%
Atlanta Technical College · completion · 150% fell
30.4% → 21.3%
+30%
Atlanta Technical College · retention rose
50.0% → 64.9%
+920%
Atlanta Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
380 → 3,875
+238%
Atlanta Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,002 → $3,382
+219%
Atlanta Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,866 → $5,950
+171%
Atlanta Technical College · median debt rose
$3,500 → $9,500
+39%
Atlanta Technical College · pell share rose
42.5% → 58.9%
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.
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$47,570Criminal Justice and Corrections.$46,144Accounting and Related Services.$42,773Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$42,476Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$42,384Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$40,884Culinary Arts and Related Services.$40,302Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$38,970Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$36,539Business Administration, Management and Operations.$35,760Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,948Precision Metal Working.$33,533Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$33,319Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$27,171Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$21,834Carpenters.$18,912
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
16 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
EDUCATION · CIP 13
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$40,884Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$47,570Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$42,476Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$42,384Health and Medical Administrative Services.$34,948
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Atlanta 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
-$257,345
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $2,153
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 12
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
“Atlanta Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Atlanta Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Atlanta 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.