LPN Schools in Georgia, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn

16 accredited institutions in Georgia report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.

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U.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.

Across the 16 ranked programs in Georgia, the median graduate needs 4.3 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $13,234, against median earnings of $42,152 one year after completion.

That is exactly in line with the national median of 4.3 months for this field, measured across the 650 institutions in our national LPN schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, at 2.2 months.

Every figure on this page is recalculated on Georgia institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.

At A Glance

What the federal data says about LPN schools in Georgia

4.3 mo

state median to cover the debt

$13,234

median debt at completion

$42,152

median earnings, one year out

43%

median completion rate

The Ranking

16 LPN schools in Georgia, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt

Lower is better.

#	School	Type	Award	Months	Debt	Earnings	Completion
1	Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross, GA	Public	Certificate	2.2	$7,500	$40,728	48%
2	Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, GA	Public	Certificate	2.5	$9,500	$44,957	43%
3	Dalton State CollegeDalton, GA	Public	Certificate	2.6	$9,007	$41,595	25%
4	Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, GA	Public	Certificate	3.0	$12,910	$51,024	31%
5	South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, GA	Public	Certificate	3.1	$11,346	$43,266	61%
6	Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, GA	Public	Certificate	3.1	$9,500	$37,112	50%
7	Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, GA	Public	Certificate	3.3	$12,892	$47,408	58%
8	North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, GA	Public	Certificate	3.8	$15,058	$47,416	39%
9	West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, GA	Public	Certificate	4.8	$17,000	$42,462	35%
10	Helms CollegeAugusta, GA	nonprofit	Certificate	4.8	$8,812	$22,206	36%
11	Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, GA	Public	Certificate	4.8	$16,479	$41,347	47%
12	Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, GA	Public	Certificate	5.2	$20,751	$48,045	44%
13	Ogeechee Technical CollegeStatesboro, GA	Public	Certificate	5.2	$18,250	$42,248	43%
14	Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville, GA	Public	Certificate	5.3	$14,104	$32,031	65%
15	Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, GA	Public	Certificate	5.4	$13,557	$29,881	34%
16	Albany Technical CollegeAlbany, GA	Public	Certificate	7.2	$25,276	$42,057	42%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.

The Top Five, In Detail

The five fastest payback programs in Georgia, one by one

Coastal Pines Technical College

Waycross, GA

Coastal Pines Technical College is a public institution in Waycross. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $7,500 and report median earnings of $40,728 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.2 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 2.1 months faster than the Georgia state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 48% completion rate.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College

Rome, GA

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public institution in Rome. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $44,957 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.5 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.8 months faster than the Georgia state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 43% completion rate.

Dalton State College

Dalton, GA

Dalton State College is a public institution in Dalton. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,007 and report median earnings of $41,595 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.6 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the Georgia state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 25% completion rate.

Augusta Technical College

Augusta, GA

Augusta Technical College is a public institution in Augusta. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,910 and report median earnings of $51,024 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.0 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 1.3 months faster than the Georgia state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 31% completion rate.

South Georgia Technical College

Americus, GA

South Georgia Technical College is a public institution in Americus. Its practical nursing graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,346 and report median earnings of $43,266 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.1 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 1.2 months faster than the Georgia state median of 4.3. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 61% completion rate.

Read It Carefully

What this ranking does not measure

Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.

The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.

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