Medical Assistant Schools in Georgia, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn

24 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 24 ranked programs in Georgia, the median graduate needs 5.1 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $12,091, against median earnings of $27,888 one year after completion.

That is slower than the national median of 4.9 months for this field, measured across the 840 institutions in our national medical assistant schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Coastal Pines Technical College in Waycross, at 1.8 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 medical assistant schools in Georgia

5.1 mo

state median to cover the debt

$12,091

median debt at completion

$27,888

median earnings, one year out

42%

median completion rate

The Ranking

24 medical assistant 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	1.8	$4,125	$26,936	48%
2	Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, GA	Public	Certificate	2.2	$4,992	$27,401	43%
3	Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, GA	Public	Certificate	3.0	$6,814	$27,446	31%
4	Dalton State CollegeDalton, GA	Public	Associate	3.4	$16,757	$58,734	25%
5	Lanier Technical CollegeGainesville, GA	Public	Associate	3.5	$11,000	$37,476	34%
6	Gwinnett CollegeRoswell, GA	for-profit	Certificate	3.8	$9,435	$29,476	67%
7	Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, GA	Public	Certificate	4.0	$10,600	$31,665	42%
8	Ogeechee Technical CollegeStatesboro, GA	Public	Certificate	4.0	$7,754	$23,426	43%
9	Lincoln College of Technology-MariettaMarietta, GA	for-profit	Certificate	4.3	$10,916	$30,787	64%
10	Fortis College-SmyrnaSmyrna, GA	for-profit	Certificate	4.5	$10,263	$27,198	59%
11	United Education Institute-MorrowMorrow, GA	for-profit	Certificate	4.6	$9,500	$24,695	51%
12	Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, GA	Public	Certificate	4.8	$13,482	$33,676	58%
13	Gwinnett College-Marietta CampusMarietta, GA	for-profit	Certificate	5.4	$12,406	$27,457	31%
14	United Education Institute-Stone MountainStone Mountain, GA	for-profit	Certificate	5.6	$9,500	$20,254	56%
15	Helms CollegeAugusta, GA	nonprofit	Certificate	5.8	$11,776	$24,214	36%
16	Albany State UniversityAlbany, GA	Public	Associate	6.4	$24,626	$46,061	31%
17	Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston, GA	Public	Certificate	6.7	$15,834	$28,320	44%
18	Gwinnett College-LilburnLilburn, GA	for-profit	Certificate	7.2	$17,430	$28,902	58%
19	Miller-Motte College-ColumbusColumbus, GA	for-profit	Certificate	8.7	$16,500	$22,869	13%
20	Miller-Motte College-AugustaAugusta, GA	for-profit	Certificate	8.7	$16,500	$22,869	59%
21	Miller-Motte College-MaconMacon, GA	for-profit	Certificate	8.7	$16,500	$22,869	13%
22	South University-SavannahSavannah, GA	for-profit	Associate	9.3	$30,694	$39,761	9%
23	South University-Savannah OnlineSavannah, GA	for-profit	Associate	9.3	$30,694	$39,761	7%
24	Herzing University-AtlantaAtlanta, GA	nonprofit	Certificate	9.9	$24,721	$30,106	14%

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 medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $4,125 and report median earnings of $26,936 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 1.8 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 3.3 months faster than the Georgia state median of 5.1. 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 medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $4,992 and report median earnings of $27,401 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.2 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 2.9 months faster than the Georgia state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 43% completion rate.

Augusta Technical College

Augusta, GA

Augusta Technical College is a public institution in Augusta. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $6,814 and report median earnings of $27,446 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.0 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 2.1 months faster than the Georgia state median of 5.1. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 31% completion rate.

Dalton State College

Dalton, GA

Dalton State College is a public institution in Dalton. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $16,757 and report median earnings of $58,734 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 1.7 months faster than the Georgia state median of 5.1. The award measured here is an associate degree. The institution reports a 25% completion rate.

Lanier Technical College

Gainesville, GA

Lanier Technical College is a public institution in Gainesville. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,000 and report median earnings of $37,476 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.5 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 1.6 months faster than the Georgia state median of 5.1. The award measured here is an associate degree. The institution reports a 34% 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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