-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Georgia Piedmont Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.7% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly certificates
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, Georgia. 2,069 undergraduate students. 75 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Georgia Piedmont 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.
+35%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Georgia Piedmont Technical College rose 35% between 2006 and 2009 (22.6% → 30.5%).
-23%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Georgia Piedmont Technical College fell 23% between 2017 and 2020 ($16.5k → $12.7k).
+11%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Georgia Piedmont Technical College rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (52.7% → 58.2%).
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.
$34,619+7% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$32,264
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry34.9%-43% · '98→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$9,500+181% · '12→'20
At program completion2,069-9% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS58.7%+27% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$3,188+227% · '00→'24
out-of-state $5,588SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $9,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,619 (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.
-43%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · completion · 150% fell
53.4% → 30.5%
+27%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · retention rose
46.0% → 58.2%
+227%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$1,035 → $3,386
+214%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$1,899 → $5,954
+181%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · median debt rose
$4,500 → $12,666
+37%
Georgia Piedmont Technical College · pell share rose
32.7% → 44.9%
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.
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$62,233Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$53,372Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$49,868Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$47,694Accounting and Related Services.$43,953Criminal Justice and Corrections.$43,183Ground Transportation.$38,354Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$37,485Precision Metal Working.$35,632Business Administration, Management and Operations.$33,527Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$31,625Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$28,168Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$22,799Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services.$19,737
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
EDUCATION · CIP 13
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$49,868Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$37,485Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$62,233Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$31,625
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Georgia Piedmont 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
-$311,607
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $9,855
- 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
“Georgia Piedmont Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Georgia Piedmont Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Georgia Piedmont 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.