Central Georgia Technical College vs West Georgia Technical College

Metric	Central Georgia Technical College	West Georgia Technical College
Undergraduate enrollment	6,174	5,163
In-state tuition	$3,448	$3,410
Out-of-state tuition	$6,016	$5,978
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$7,052	$2,457
Median debt at graduation	$9,608	$11,110
Graduation rate	47.0%	35.4%
First-year retention	56.1%	57.8%
Median salary (10 yr)	$30,848	$35,479

Metric

Central Georgia Technical College

West Georgia Technical College

Undergraduate enrollment

6,174

5,163

In-state tuition

$3,448

$3,410

Out-of-state tuition

$6,016

$5,978

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$7,052

$2,457

Median debt at graduation

$9,608

$11,110

Graduation rate

47.0%

35.4%

First-year retention

56.1%

57.8%

Median salary (10 yr)

$30,848

$35,479

What the numbers say

West Georgia Technical College costs less after aid — $2,457 a year versus $7,052, a difference of $4,595 annually, or roughly $18,380 across four years.
West Georgia Technical College graduates report higher median earnings — $35,479 against $30,848 ten years after entry.
Central Georgia Technical College graduates a larger share of its students — 47.0% versus 35.4%.
On pure return — salary divided by net price — West Georgia Technical College comes out ahead at 14.4× 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 West Georgia Technical College run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.