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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?

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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?

12% Take Out Loans
3.0% Loan Default Rate

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.

The student loan default rate at GHC is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Georgia Highlands College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,042 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 5,240 undergraduate students at GHC, with 2,042 being full-time and 3,198 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

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

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

2,230 Took All Classes Online
3,630 Took At Least One Class Online
53.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,630 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.

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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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of GHC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Highlands College was 53.8%. This is the #539 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GHC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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