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Community college · Public

Lanier Technical College

Gainesville, GA1,909 online only

Lanier Technical College is a public community college in Gainesville, GA, with about 4,236 students on campus and 1,909 more studying only online.

Students on campus
4,236
plus 1,909 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,799
tuition and fees $3,980; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
34%
lower than at 85% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,623
lower than at 60% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Lanier Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Lanier Technical College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $15,935 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,190

Tuition & fees (in state) $3,980Books & supplies $904Other costs $11,051

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,799.

Tuition and fees are $3,980 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$9,371

About $18,742 over 2 years · 41% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
34%
within 3 years · Pell students 34%
Come back for year two
58%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,623
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 22%Mechanic & repair 16%Business 11%Precision production 10%Culinary & personal services 8%Family & consumer sciences 7%Everything else 26%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Science Technologies/Technicians, Other42 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services39 graduates a year
$43k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations35 graduates a year
$44k1 yr out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions30 graduates a year
$44k1 yr out
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians28 graduates a year
—not reported
Accounting and Related Services25 graduates a year
$35k1 yr out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing20 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods16 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

4,613 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 54%Hispanic 30%Black 8%Asian 3%Two or more 3%International 1%

Women and men

Women 59%Men 41%
20 : 1
students per teacher
29%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
22%
undergrads 25 or older
69%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Gainesville

7% of Gainesville’s 49,221 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Gainesville pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Lanier Technical College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.