By Paige Havens | Gwinnett Technical College is the highest ranked community college in Georgia, and ranks in the top five percent nationally, says WalletHub, a national personal finance website. WalletHub’s ranking released this week speaks volumes about the value and return on investment students get from a degree from Gwinnett Tech.
As the cost of higher learning continues to climb, students and parents today are weighing the value of a college education and ultimate return on investment more than ever before.
Gwinnett Technical College President, Dr. D. Glen Cannon says: “It’s an honor to be ranked so high on this list. WalletHub’s ranking is a great validator that we have a true formula for success. With cost at only $89 per credit hour and a 98.7 percent job placement rate, we are offering our students a big return on their investment. Gwinnett Tech continues to deliver valuable, career-focused education for real world high demand jobs.”
WalletHub was founded by financial guru Odysseas Papadimitriou to help consumers efficiently enjoy life instead of worrying about money. WalletHub offers an online community that allows people to search for and compare financial products and interact with a community interested in making smarter financial decisions. WalletHub publishes many independent rankings that are well-respected and valued in the industry.
Gwinnett Tech ranked No. 33 nationally, according to WalletHub. Its analysts compared 821 institutions across the country considering 12 relevant metrics relating to three key dimensions: 1) Cost and Financing; 2) Education Outcomes; and 3) Career Outcomes.
Data used to create the rankings were collected from the National Center for Education Statistics, Council for Community and Economic Research, and College Measures. When weighing Cost and Financing, WalletHub analyzed cost of in-state tuition and fees, availability of grants, cost per student, school spending efficiency and faculty salaries. Education Outcomes factored first-year retention rates, graduation rates, transfer-out rates, student-faculty ratios and credentials awarded per 100 full-time-equivalent students. Career outcomes weighed return on educational investment and student-loan default rates.
Enrollment at Gwinnett Technical College continues to rise as nearly 80 percent of today’s jobs don’t require a four-year degree, but do require the kind of specialized education and hands-on training that a technical college provides. In addition to the economic value, students of varying educational and economic backgrounds draw to Gwinnett Tech for its flexible course schedules, smaller class sizes, and comparatively rigorous coursework to university counterparts.
Gwinnett Tech is the state’s third largest technical college, offering more than 150 degree, diploma and certificate programs and serving more than 18,000 students annually.
- To learn more about Gwinnett Tech, visit GwinnettTech.edu or call 770-962-7580.
- To access the full 2016 Best & Worst Community Colleges report, visit WalletHub.com.
About Gwinnett Tech: Gwinnett Technical College is committed to delivering relevant knowledge to meet the workforce training needs of its community. The College offers more than 150 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs and hundreds of seminars, workshops and courses providing specialized training.
- For more information, visit www.GwinnettTech.edu. It is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia.
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