Athens Technical College

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#9388 / #2484
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Technical college in Athens, Georgia

Athens Technical College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2484
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$3,390
Graduation rate
64%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
3,318

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About Athens Technical College

According to Wikipedia, Athens Technical College is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1958 as Athens Area Vocational-Technical School. The school was renamed Athens Area Technical Institute in 1987 and took its current name in 2000. It offers certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees in business, health, technical, and manufacturing-related fields.

Athens Technical College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Starting Your Own Business In Health And Healing
  • Required Credits: 11
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Violence Prevention And Awareness
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Music Therapy And Sound Healing
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Spirituality, Health, And Healing
  • Required Credits: 25
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 3
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Wellness And The Environment
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Brain Health
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healthy Aging
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 2
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Pain Assessment And Management
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Global Healing Systems
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infectious Diseases And Infection Control
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 1
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Women'S Health Issues
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, And Health
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healing Environments For Body, Mind, And Spirit
  • Required Credits: 16
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Perinatal Issues
  • Required Credits: 20
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Complementary And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, And Health Promotion
  • Required Credits: 24
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Gerontology
  • Required Credits: 25
  • Completion Time: 3 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health
  • Required Credits: 33
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Meditation
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindful Relationships
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindfulness
  • Required Credits: 8
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Stress Management
  • Required Credits: 14
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Energy Medicine
  • Required Credits: 10
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in End Of Life Care
  • Required Credits: 19
  • Completion Time: 6 weeks
  • Format: Fully online

Athens Technical College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
73%64%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Athens Technical College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$3,390
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$7,290
30K - 48K$6,408
48K - 75K$8,687
75K - 110K$11,066
110K+$11,825

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Athens Technical College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Athens Technical College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,154 a year, and 84% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Athens Technical College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
5,6345,634

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Athens Technical College?

Athens Technical College is located at 800 U.S. Hwy 29 North, Athens, GA 30601.

How Safe is Athens Technical College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Athens Technical College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Athens Technical College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft).

What Is Athens Technical College Known For?

Athens Technical College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Athens Technical College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Athens Technical College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Criminal Justice
#2001
World Rank
#2005
Historical Rank
#1047
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #1047 in the U.S. and #2001 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Biology
#6317
World Rank
#6337
Historical Rank
#1535
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #1535 in the U.S. and #6317 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Medical
#6145
World Rank
#6146
Historical Rank
#1783
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #1783 in the U.S. and #6145 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Nursing
#5074
World Rank
#5074
Historical Rank
#2014
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #2014 in the U.S. and #5074 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Business
#8698
World Rank
#8699
Historical Rank
#2433
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #2433 in the U.S. and #8698 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Education
#10585
World Rank
#10592
Historical Rank
#2884
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #2884 in the U.S. and #10585 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Engineering
#13245
World Rank
#13248
Historical Rank
#3279
USA Rank

Athens Technical College ranks #3279 in the U.S. and #13245 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees