Georgia Highlands College
Georgia Highlands College offers career programs in fields such as Nursing, Dental Hygiene, and Human Services, providing direct pathways into these professions. The college has a significant partnership with Atrium Health Floyd, which includes clinical training opportunities and aims to increase the number of nurses entering the workforce in northwest Georgia. Additionally, through its Center for Continuing and Professional Education, GHC provides a variety of online and on-campus certificate programs in areas like Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Billing and Coding, Phlebotomy Technician, and various skilled trades, many of which include hands-on training and job placement assistance.
Programs Analyzed
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All Programs at Georgia Highlands College
2 trade programs at Georgia Highlands College, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Compare nationwide → Compare in GA → |
88 | $74,476/yr | $11,750 |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
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50 | $28,403/yr | $10,000 |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 2 trade and vocational programs at Georgia Highlands College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.