Georgia Highlands College Healthcare Programs

Georgia Highlands College is a public institution located in Rome, Georgia. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of GHC.

Where Is Georgia Highlands College?

Contact details for GHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3175 Cedartown Highway, S.E., Rome, GA 30161-3897
Phone:	800-332-2406
Website:	www.highlands.edu

How Do I Get Into GHC?

You can apply to GHC online at: https://www.highlands.edu/how-do-i-apply/high-school-applicants/

Since Georgia Highlands College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Georgia Highlands College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At GHC, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $5,078 a year. That adds up to $20,312 over four years for those students.

Georgia Highlands College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,240 undergraduate students at GHC, with 2,042 being full-time and 3,198 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,042 full-time undergraduates at GHC, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Highlands College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	33
Black or African American	337
Hispanic or Latino	360
White	1,188
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	98

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Highlands College. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at GHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Ireland, and Italy.

Online Learning at Georgia Highlands College

In 2022-2023, 3,535 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GHC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of GHC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	19%

Georgia Highlands College Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	87	41	128
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	17	26	43
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	38	38
Health Care Management	0	28	28
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	8	0	8
TOTAL	112	133	245

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.