by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Georgia Highlands College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Georgia Highlands College was awarded 12 badges in the 2026 rankings.
GHC is ranked #1,828 out of 3,449 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual’s 2026 Best Colleges list.
GHC is also ranked #29 on the Best Colleges in Georgia list.
The student to faculty ratio at Georgia Highlands College is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Georgia Highlands College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor’s degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at GHC, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Georgia Highlands College.
In the current academic year, there are 4,441 undergraduates at GHC.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Georgia Highlands College.
The average net price of GHC is $16,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.### Net Price by Income Group for GHC
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,996 | $5,330 | $8,456 | $10,826 | $11,605 |
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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of GHC, 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 GHC, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $6,237 a year. That adds up to $24,948 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you’ll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans. Get more details about paying for Georgia Highlands College.
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor’s degree recipients from Georgia Highlands College make around $43,184 per year during the early years of their employment. This is about 12% less than the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.
See which majors at Georgia Highlands College make the most money.
Georgia Highlands College is a public institution located in Rome, Georgia. GHC is located in a safe and convenient suburb. Get more details about the location of Georgia Highlands College.
Get in touch with Georgia Highlands College are listed below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3175 Cedartown Highway, S.E., Rome, GA 30161-3897 |
| Phone: | 8003322406 |
| Website: | www.highlands.edu |
In the latest year of available data, students from 7 majors graduated from Georgia Highlands College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 820 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 547 | $25,093 |
| Nursing | 141 | $61,180 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 39 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 26 | $56,252 |
| Business Administration & Management | 21 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 20 | NA |
| Health/Medical Admin Services | 18 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 3 | NA |
| Construction Management | 2 | NA |
Online courses are a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
4,299 students took at least one online class at Georgia Highlands College.
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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