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Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA 8,728 Undergrads 34.0% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$15,322
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$6,696
After Aid
Median Earnings
$50,469
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$6,696
Peer Midpoint: $9,847
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$50,469
Peer Midpoint: $50,128
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$45,025
Peer Midpoint: $40,451
Graduation Rate34.0%
Peer Midpoint: 34.6%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average Starting Age27.5
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients52.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time24.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS59.5%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 2 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$537k
+$21k
+$53k
Median Cost$7k/yr
+$525k
+$9k
+$40k
Full Cost$15k/yr
+$509k
-$7k
+$24k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$7k/yr
34
328%
Full Cost$15k/yr
41
87%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return275%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return25%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$34,531
Natl Median: $44,589
Lifetime Value Added
-$90k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$37,918
Natl Median: $34,272
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
Median Debt
$7,255
Earnings (4yr)
$42,189
Natl Median: $57,584
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $37,705
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $47,440
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$34,775
Natl Median: $32,681
Lifetime Value Added
-$79k
Carpenters
CertCIP: 4602
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,835
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,556
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,400
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,151
Natl Median: $52,615
Lifetime Value Added
+$151k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,415
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$13,699
Earnings (4yr)
$24,754
Natl Median: $26,307
Lifetime Value Added
-$191k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,702
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $30,572
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Data Processing
CertCIP: 1103
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,061
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$34,207
Natl Median: $33,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $36,116
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,359
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$58,180
Natl Median: $43,027
Lifetime Value Added
+$172k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $32,800
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $35,447
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,996
Natl Median: $43,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$241k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$37,568
Natl Median: $48,148
Lifetime Value Added
-$32k
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,644
Natl Median: $62,199
Lifetime Value Added
+$187k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,962
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,907
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
CertCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,757
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,064
Natl Median: $48,702
Lifetime Value Added
+$87k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,975
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $34,631
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
CertCIP: 4706
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$39,585
Natl Median: $51,586
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
$17,254
Earnings (4yr)
$47,911
Natl Median: $47,660
Lifetime Value Added
+$15k
Median Debt
$12,697
Earnings (4yr)
$76,167
Natl Median: $65,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$279k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,283
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 4101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,168
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$17,752
Earnings (4yr)
$47,114
Natl Median: $48,733
Lifetime Value Added
+$7k
Median Debt
$15,250
Earnings (4yr)
$39,987
Natl Median: $37,587
Lifetime Value Added
-$64k
Computer Programming
AssocCIP: 1102
Median Debt
$6,333
Earnings (4yr)
$55,806
Natl Median: $58,070
Lifetime Value Added
+$92k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,737
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,013
Earnings (4yr)
$60,133
Natl Median: $54,726
Lifetime Value Added
+$133k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$47,826
Natl Median: $72,110
Lifetime Value Added
+$14k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$44,562
Natl Median: $46,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$18k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$36,839
Natl Median: $39,605
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
Median Debt
$14,482
Earnings (4yr)
$31,343
Natl Median: $38,127
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,895
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
AssocCIP: 1599
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$39,561
Natl Median: $37,073
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,306
Natl Median: $58,236
Lifetime Value Added
+$126k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$33,622
Natl Median: $41,099
Lifetime Value Added
-$136k
Marketing
AssocCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,674
Natl Median: $44,264
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (4yr)
$84,333
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$352k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,780
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$16,384
Earnings (4yr)
$34,312
Natl Median: $37,656
Lifetime Value Added
-$122k
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 4706
Median Debt
$8,625
Earnings (5yr)
$51,868
Natl Median: $58,424
Lifetime Value Added
+$44k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,391
Natl Median: $41,460
Lifetime Value Added
+$20k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.