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Georgia Piedmont Technical College was awarded 28 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is heating, air conditioning, ventilation & refrigeration.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is ranked #1,474 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Georgia Piedmont Technical College held the #1,635 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Georgia Piedmont Technical College also holds the #38 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Georgia Piedmont Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Georgia Piedmont Technical College is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Georgia Piedmont Technical College is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
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 Piedmont Technical College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,615 undergraduates at Georgia Piedmont Technical College with 616 being full-time and 1,999 being part-time.
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 Piedmont 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 Piedmont Technical College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $1,783 a year. That adds up to $7,132 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Georgia Piedmont Technical College is 11.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Georgia Piedmont Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 495 N Indian Creek Dr, Clarkston, GA 30021-2397 |
| Phone: | 404-297-9522 |
| Website: | www.gptc.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, 1,829 students took at least one online class at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,018 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,829 | 1,168 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,018 | 1,435 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,982 | 903 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,790 | 765 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,185 | 910 |
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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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