Central Georgia Technical College vs Gwinnett Technical College

Metric	Central Georgia Technical College	Gwinnett Technical College
Undergraduate enrollment	6,174	8,728
In-state tuition	$3,448	$3,524
Out-of-state tuition	$6,016	$6,092
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$7,052	$6,696
Median debt at graduation	$9,608	$13,000
Graduation rate	47.0%	31.7%
First-year retention	56.1%	58.4%
Median salary (10 yr)	$30,848	$45,025

Metric

Central Georgia Technical College

Gwinnett Technical College

Undergraduate enrollment

6,174

8,728

In-state tuition

$3,448

$3,524

Out-of-state tuition

$6,016

$6,092

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$7,052

$6,696

Median debt at graduation

$9,608

$13,000

Graduation rate

47.0%

31.7%

First-year retention

56.1%

58.4%

Median salary (10 yr)

$30,848

$45,025

What the numbers say

Gwinnett Technical College costs less after aid — $6,696 a year versus $7,052, a difference of $356 annually, or roughly $1,424 across four years.
Gwinnett Technical College graduates report higher median earnings — $45,025 against $30,848 ten years after entry.
Central Georgia Technical College graduates a larger share of its students — 47.0% versus 31.7%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — Gwinnett Technical College comes out ahead at 6.7× versus 4.4×.

How to actually choose

Comparison tables are a starting point, not a decision. Three things matter more than anything in the table above:

Your real aid offer. Net price is an average across all income levels. Two students at the same school can pay amounts that differ by tens of thousands. Wait for actual award letters before ruling anything out on cost.
Your intended major. Earnings vary more between majors at one school than between schools for one major. A computer science graduate from the "lower earning" school here will likely out-earn a general studies graduate from the other.
Whether you will finish. Graduation rate is the metric most predictive of whether the money spent turns into a credential. Campus fit, support services, and commute all feed into it more than prestige does.

Visit before you commit

Both Central Georgia Technical College and Gwinnett Technical College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.