Which Georgia Piedmont Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Allied Health and Medical Assisting graduates leave with a median of $15,834 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Georgia Piedmont Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Georgia Piedmont Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $3,386 a year, and $5,954 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,761 a year.

How many Georgia Piedmont Technical College programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 4 certificate programs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Clarkston, GA
2,198 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Georgia Piedmont Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. HVAC pays the most in the first year ($49,346), and Allied Health and Medical Assisting the least ($28,320). The median program pays $39,280. Georgia Piedmont Technical College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$3,386Per year. Out-of-state $5,954

Average net price after aid$13,761Per year

Graduation rate44%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Georgia
Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 2 graduates a year	$54,140	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2

All 4 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	HVACAbout 88 graduates a year	$49,346	$49,868	Not reported	1st of 7
2	Practical NursingAbout 33 graduates a year	$48,045	$53,372	$20,751	2nd of 20
3	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 96 graduates a year	$30,515	$37,485	Not reported	7th of 10
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year	$28,320	Not reported	$15,834	10th of 19

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.

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Common questions

HVAC graduates earn a median of $49,346 in their first year, the most of 4 Georgia Piedmont 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