Which Athens Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Cosmetology graduates leave with a median of $8,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Athens Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Athens Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $3,390 a year, and $5,958 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,949 a year.

How many Athens Technical College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Athens Technical College report first-year pay, and 3 of them also report federal debt.

Athens Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Athens, GA
3,318 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Athens Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($57,691), and Cosmetology the least ($16,178). The median program pays $45,119. Athens Technical College also has 5 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$3,390Per year. Out-of-state $5,958

Average net price after aid$6,949Per year

Graduation rate51%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Georgia" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Georgia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Georgia
1	NursingAbout 44 graduates a year	$72,823	$76,282	$11,000	7th of 24
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 20 graduates a year	$46,293	Not reported	Not reported	13th of 16
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 12 graduates a year	$46,123	$53,621	Not reported	2nd of 7
4	Business AdministrationAbout 12 graduates a year	$28,822	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 9
5	Data ProcessingAbout 8 graduates a year	$24,012	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Georgia ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Georgia programs in the field do too.

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Georgia" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Georgia. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Georgia
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 22 graduates a year	$57,691	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 14
2	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 24 graduates a year	$47,206	$48,206	Not reported	1st of 2
3	HVACAbout 64 graduates a year	$45,356	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 7
4	Practical NursingAbout 22 graduates a year	$45,119	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 20
5	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 98 graduates a year	$40,571	Not reported	$9,500	6th of 14
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 19 graduates a year	$29,374	$31,413	Not reported	6th of 19
7	CosmetologyAbout 176 graduates a year	$16,178	$25,269	$8,000	17th of 27

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,691
Heavy Equipment Maintenance$47,206
HVAC$45,356
Practical Nursing$45,119
Truck Driving and Equipment Operation$40,571

Lowest median debt

Cosmetology$8,000
Truck Driving and Equipment Operation$9,500

Largest programs

CosmetologyAbout 176 graduates a year
Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 98 graduates a year
HVACAbout 64 graduates a year
Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 24 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 22 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $57,691 in their first year, the most of 7 Athens Technical College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Georgia rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels