Georgia Highlands College Trade Programs

Georgia Highlands College is a public institution situated in Rome, Georgia. GHC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Georgia Highlands College?

Contact details for GHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3175 Cedartown Highway, S.E., Rome, GA 30161-3897
Phone:	800-332-2406
Website:	www.highlands.edu

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Can I Afford GHC?

In a recent term, part-time GHC students paid $95 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $360 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$2,280	$8,632
Fees	$664	$664
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200

Student Loan Debt

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 GHC, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $4,446 a year. That adds up to $17,784 over four years for those students.

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Georgia Highlands College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,680 undergraduate students at GHC, with 2,258 being full-time and 3,422 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,258 full-time undergraduates at GHC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Highlands College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	50
Black or African American	340
Hispanic or Latino	378
White	1,353
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	112

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Highlands College. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at GHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Ireland, and Italy.

Online Learning at Georgia Highlands College

In 2022-2023, 3,535 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GHC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 24th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of GHC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	19%

Georgia Highlands College Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	17	26	43
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	38	38
Health Care Management	0	28	28
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	8	0	8
TOTAL	25	92	117

Georgia Highlands College Trades

In a recent academic period, Georgia Highlands College awarded 234 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Dental Support Services	0	0	17	26
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	28
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	38
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	8	0
Total	0	0	50	184

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.