by our College Data Analytics Team
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College was awarded 412 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is heavy/industrial equipment maintenance.
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College is ranked #542 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Georgia Northwestern Technical College held the #548 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is also ranked #9 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Georgia Northwestern Technical College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Georgia Northwestern Technical College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,608 undergraduates at Georgia Northwestern Technical College with 1,922 being full-time and 4,686 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $306 | $701 | $3,785 | $8,719 | $9,253 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Georgia Northwestern Technical College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,483 a year. That adds up to $13,932 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Georgia Northwestern Technical College is 11.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Georgia Northwestern Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Maurice Culberson Drive, Rome, GA 30161 |
| Phone: | 706-295-6963 |
| Website: | www.gntc.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,333 students took at least one online class at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. This is a decrease from the 4,711 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,333 | 2,931 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,711 | 3,527 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,539 | 1,766 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,188 | 1,487 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,093 | 1,335 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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