Which Helms College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Practical Nursing graduates leave with a median of $8,812 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Helms College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Helms College cost?

Tuition and fees are $17,924 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $25,358 a year.

How many Helms College programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 3 certificate programs at Helms College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Helms College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Augusta, GA
183 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Helms College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Allied Health and Medical Assisting pays the most in the first year ($24,214), and Culinary Arts the least ($19,403). The median program pays $22,206. Helms College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$17,924Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$25,358Per year

Graduation rate36%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
Culinary ArtsAbout 29 graduates a year	$25,261	Not reported	$20,000	1st of 2

All 3 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	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$24,214	Not reported	$11,776	17th of 19
2	Practical NursingGraduates a year not reported	$22,206	Not reported	$8,812	20th of 20
3	Culinary ArtsAbout 95 graduates a year	$19,403	$24,839	$13,875	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.

Common questions

Allied Health and Medical Assisting graduates earn a median of $24,214 in their first year, the most of 3 Helms 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