Career Programs at West Georgia Technical

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at West Georgia Technical College is $5,522 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

West Georgia Technical College offers the alternative tuition plans .

91% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $6,555 (exclude student loans).

West Georgia Technical 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$5,522
Average Financial Amount	$6,555

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

West Georgia Technical College offers 84 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 2,142 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at West Georgia Technical College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	51	9	1,547
2 Years Certificate	25	6	195
4 Years Certificate	8	0	20
Total	84	15	2,142

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

1,547 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
195 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
20 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
380 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	5	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	178 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	106	-
Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist	✕	16	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	0	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	6	-
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	✕	50	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Instrumentation Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	17	-
Solar Energy Technology/Technician	✕	9	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	113 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	113	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	14	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	4	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Electrician	✕	13	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	321 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	8	-
Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician	✕	66	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	43	-
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	81	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	88	-
Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician	✕	20	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	264 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	20	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	240	-
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist	✕	4	-
Transportation and Materials Moving [+]	✕	90 completers	-
Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator and Instructor	✕	90	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	11	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (4 completers)	313 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	52	$22,900
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	19	-
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist	✕	0	-
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	✔	1	-
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✔	30	-
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	✔	16	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	18	-
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	✕	9	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	29	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	0	-
Mammography Technician/Technology	✕	0	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	22	-
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide	✕	117	-
Business [+]	✔	190 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	21	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	48	-
Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry	✔	62	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✔	9	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	0	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✔	50	-
International Marketing	✕	0	-
	Total	1,547

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	59	-
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	4 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✔	2	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Electrician	✕	7	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	10	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	0	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	16	-
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	57 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✔	12	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	15	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	6	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	7	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	17	-
Business [+]	✔	23 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	9	$29,300
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	2	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✔	5	$20,200
Marketing/Marketing Management	✔	7	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✕	0	-
	Total	195

2-4 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	1	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	1	-
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	5	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
	Total	20

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	45 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	7	-
Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician	✕	16	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	-
Network and System Administration/Administrator	✕	13	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	9	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	25	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	12	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	9	-
Science Technologies/Technicians [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Science Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	6	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	19 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	12	-
Fire Services Administration	✔	7	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✔	0	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	✕	4	-
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	148 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	10	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	13	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✕	23	-
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	✕	9	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	32	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	9	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	52	-
Business [+]	✔	101 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	64	-
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management	✕	0	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	22	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✔	7	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	✔	8	-
	Total	380

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 6,140 students are attending at West Georgia Technical College. There are 129 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 243 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 331 (full-time) and 289 (part-time).

The graduation rate of West Georgia Technical College is 33% and transfer-out rate is 16%. The retention rate is 50% at the school.

West Georgia Technical 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	6,140
Graduation Rate	33%
Number of Faculty	372
Student to Faculty Ratio	19 to 1

Student Population at West Georgia Technical

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 6,200 students enrolled into West Georgia Technical College. By gender, 2,025 male and 4,175 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for West Georgia Technical College.

Student Population By Gender
West Georgia Technical College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,200	2,025	4,175
Full-time	1,735	620	1,115
Part-tme	4,465	1,405	3,060

There are 3,265 White (52.66%), 2,076 Black/African American (33.48%), 514 Hispanic (8.29%), 91 Asian (1.47%), and 763 students with other races attending West Georgia Technical College. 11 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at West Georgia Technical College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,200	2,025	4,175
American Indian/Native American	25	7	18
Asian	91	35	56
Black/African American	2,076	568	1,508
Hispanic	514	174	340
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	0	5
White	3,265	1,151	2,114
Two More	150	55	95
Un-Known	63	28	35
Non-resident Alien	11	7	4

West Georgia Technical College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

2,125 students (34.27% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,736 students (28.00% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for West Georgia Technical College.

Distance Learning Student Population at West Georgia Technical College
	Number of Students
Total	6,200
Enrolled Online Exclusively	2,125
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,736
Not in Online Courses	2,339

By age range, at West Georgia Technical College, 1,754 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.29% of total students), 2,165 students are aged below 20 (34.92%), 179 students are aged above 50 (5.48%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at West Georgia Technical College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	6,200	2,025	4,175
Under 18	1,023	385	638
Age 18-19	1,142	495	647
Age 20-21	934	348	586
Age 22-24	820	272	548
Age 25-29	792	204	588
Age 30-34	523	127	396
Age 35-39	367	74	293
Age 40-49	420	83	337
Age 50-64	170	36	134
Over 64	9	1	8

Directory and Accreditation Information

West Georgia Technical College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1998 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of West Georgia Technical College.

176 Murphy Campus Blvd., Waco, GA

678-821-3800

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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