Lanier Technical College

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#13892 / #3648
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
Technical college in Georgia, USA

Lanier Technical College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#3648
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$3,980
Graduation rate
32%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
4,613

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Lanier Technical College Featured Rankings

About Lanier Technical College

According to Wikipedia, Lanier Technical College is a public technical college with multiple locations in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Technical College System of Georgia and provides education services for a seven-county service area in north Georgia. The school's service area includes Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, and Lumpkin counties. Lanier Tech is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and many of the school's individual technical programs are also accredited by their respective accreditation organizations.

Lanier Technical College's Online Degrees

Certificate in Business
Degree Concentrations
  • Supervisor/Management Specialist
  • Microsoft Excel Application Professional
  • Office Accounting Specialist
  • Microsoft Office Applications Professional
  • Technical Specialist
  • Required Credits: 12
  • Completion Time: 6 months
  • Format: Fully online
Diploma in Business
Degree Concentrations
  • Accounting
  • Business Management
  • Business Technology
  • Required Credits: 42
  • Completion Time: 18 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business Management
Degree Concentrations
  • General Management
  • Marketing
  • Social Media
  • Required Credits: 63
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Business
Degree Concentrations
  • Accounting
  • Business Technology
  • Applied Technical Management
  • Required Credits: 64
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Emergency Services
Degree Concentrations
  • Basic Fire Company Officer
  • Fire Officer I
  • Fire Officer Ii
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 8-12 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Social Science
Degree Concentrations
  • Criminal Justice Specialist
  • Required Credits: 15
  • Completion Time: 6 months
  • Format: Fully online
Diploma in Social Science
Degree Concentrations
  • Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 48
  • Completion Time: 18-24 months
  • Format: Fully online
Diploma in Emergency Services
Degree Concentrations
  • Emergency Management
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Required Credits: 50
  • Completion Time: 18-24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Emergency Services
Degree Concentrations
  • Emergency Management
  • Fire Science Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Social Science
Degree Concentrations
  • Criminal Justice Technology
  • Required Credits: 60
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Education
Degree Concentrations
  • Early Childhood Care And Education Basics
  • Infant And Toddler Child Care Specialist
  • Required Credits: 9
  • Completion Time: 6 months
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in General
Degree Concentrations
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Required Credits: 61
  • Completion Time: 24 months
  • Format: Fully online
Certificate in Medical
Degree Concentrations
  • Health Information Technology Specialist
  • Medical Front Office Assistant
  • Required Credits: 13
  • Completion Time: 8-12 months
  • Format: Fully online
Diploma in Medical
Degree Concentrations
  • Health Information Management Coding
  • Required Credits: 48
  • Completion Time: 18-24 months
  • Format: Fully online

Lanier Technical College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
58%32%

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 Lanier Technical College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$3,980
Average Net Price by Family Income (2024–25)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$7,739
30K - 48K$8,010
48K - 75K$8,280
75K - 110K$10,406
110K+$9,457

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 Lanier Technical College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Lanier Technical College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $43,529 a year, and 82% 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.

Lanier Technical College's Demographics

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

Student BodyUnder-Grads
8,3218,321

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

Where is Lanier Technical College?

Lanier Technical College is located at 2535 Lanier Tech Drive, Gainesville, GA 30507.

How Safe is Lanier Technical College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Lanier 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, Lanier Technical College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Gainesville has a violent crime rate of 0.49% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.32%. 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); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Lanier Technical College Known For?

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

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

Each rank compares how much Lanier 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

Computer Science
#9711
World Rank
#9719
Historical Rank
#2581
USA Rank

Lanier Technical College ranks #2581 in the U.S. and #9711 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Criminal Justice
#6687
World Rank
#6689
Historical Rank
#3115
USA Rank

Lanier Technical College ranks #3115 in the U.S. and #6687 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Education
#12190
World Rank
#12193
Historical Rank
#3277
USA Rank

Lanier Technical College ranks #3277 in the U.S. and #12190 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Business
#12420
World Rank
#12420
Historical Rank
#3400
USA Rank

Lanier Technical College ranks #3400 in the U.S. and #12420 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Medical
#14114
World Rank
#14115
Historical Rank
#3950
USA Rank

Lanier Technical College ranks #3950 in the U.S. and #14114 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees