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Southern Regional Technical College

⌖ Thomasville, GA · 5 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

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The reported institution-wide average net price is below DegreeVerdict’s reliability floor for national payoff comparisons.

A very low average may be valid for some students, but using it as a universal price can create an unstable or extreme ROI.

Not availableModeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$35,225Observed earnings · year 5
Not availableMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
The reported price remains visible below, but it is not used for a published college-wide ROI.
A QUICK READ

What the numbers say about Southern Regional Technical College

What does Southern Regional Technical College cost?

Southern Regional Technical College reports an average annual net price of $813 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.

What do Southern Regional Technical College graduates earn?

The observed median earnings figure is $35,225 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.

How much federal debt do Southern Regional Technical College graduates have?

Median federal debt for completer borrowers is not reportable in the current record.

Is every degree at Southern Regional Technical College worth the same?

No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 5 field-and-credential outcomes at Southern Regional Technical College; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.

PAYOFF CURVE

No payoff curve is shown.

The reported institution-wide average net price is below DegreeVerdict’s reliability floor for national payoff comparisons.

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$3,007
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$5,575
Sticker price
Average net price$813
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$11,896
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Main award level
Certificates
Campus setting
Town
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$813Average net price / year
$11,896Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$35,225Median earnings · year 5 after completion
30.6%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
3,098Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$423
$30–48k$347
$48–75k$2,659
$75–110k$5,042
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$35,225
Year 6$29,304
Year 10$31,293
Full-time retention
56.2%
Part-time retention
54.3%
Completion within 200% of normal time
52.4%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS

Outcomes are not the same for every family.

These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.

Pell Grant students28%

Complete within 150% of the expected time

45% received a Pell Grant within eight years
Parent borrowingNot available

Median Parent PLUS debt

Borrower count not reported
First-generation studentsNot available

Median federal student debt

Three-year repayment not reported

Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

29thEarnings percentile
12thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$46,456Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$10,531Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$41,050Year 1
$41,871Year 4
$35,225Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,9942Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,6983Ground Transportation · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,4564Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,0205Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$16,836

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree · $73,994 reported-8%vs same-degree national median$10,531federal debt2Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $46,456 reported-11%vs same-degree national median$5,677federal debt3Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $50,698 reported-12%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $39,020 reported-30%vs same-degree national median$11,050federal debt5Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma · $16,836 reported-36%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$73,994$10,531Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,698Not available71
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,456$5,677Not reported
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,020$11,05055
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$16,836Not available53

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.