by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Georgia Highlands College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, GHC is ranked #1,046 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when GHC held the #1,181 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
GHC also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
If you are worried about getting into Georgia Highlands College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Georgia Highlands College, the student to faculty ratio is 20 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Georgia Highlands College is 54%. This is higher 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 Highlands College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,680 undergraduates at GHC with 2,258 being full-time and 3,422 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,367 | $4,801 | $7,271 | $10,053 | $10,309 |
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 GHC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. 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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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 594 | $40,393 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 594 | NA |
| Nursing | 128 | $83,986 |
| Dental Support Services | 43 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 38 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 28 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 18 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 3,535 students took at least one online class at Georgia Highlands College. This is a decrease from the 3,630 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,535 | 2,200 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,630 | 2,230 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,869 | 2,797 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,544 | 808 |
Learn more about online learning at Georgia Highlands College.
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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