Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$23,310
$10,444
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$18,466
$2,353
Average paid from out of state, estimated
—
$9,865
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Georgia Military College
Dalton State College
Under $30,000
$17,314
$1,524
$30,000–$48,000
$19,467
$1,143
$48,000–$75,000
$17,967
$2,114
$75,000–$110,000
$21,229
$4,961
Over $110,000
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$8,746
After you start
Measure
Georgia Military College
Dalton State College
Undergrads
3,992
4,553
Graduate within 6 years
33%
30%
Come back for year two
50%
71%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$42,152
$46,083
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
$13,419
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers