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.
Lanier Technical College was awarded 31 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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Lanier Technical College is ranked #113 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lanier Technical College held the #773 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lanier Technical College is also ranked #5 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
Since Lanier Technical College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Lanier Technical College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Lanier Technical College is 100%. 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 Lanier Technical College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,045 undergraduates at Lanier Technical College with 1,194 being full-time and 3,851 being part-time.
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 Lanier Technical College, 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 Lanier Technical College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $7,850 a year. That adds up to $31,400 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Lanier Technical College.
Contact details for Lanier Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2535 Lanier Tech Drive, Gainesville, GA 30507 |
| Phone: | 770-533-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.laniertech.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 145 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 136 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 128 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 121 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 120 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 115 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 93 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 89 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84 | NA |
| Accounting | 72 | 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, 3,287 students took at least one online class at Lanier Technical College. This is an increase from the 2,215 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,287 | 1,990 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,215 | 871 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,454 | 1,017 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,554 | 528 |
Learn more about online learning at Lanier Technical 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.
References
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