Program Payoff

Dalton State College

Dalton, Georgia. 13 certificate and associate programs, public. 13 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Georgia.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate's degree $49,436 (23) $74,550
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $49,136 (31) $93,550
Registered Nurses
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate's degree $48,432 (25) $41,600
Medical Assistants
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $9,007 $33,687 (34) $37,680
Nursing Assistants
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $9,000 $24,421 (32) $64,650
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate not published $41,600
Medical Assistants
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $131,010
Software Developers
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $131,010
Software Developers
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Associate's degree not published $131,010
Software Developers
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's degree not published $34,980
Security Guards
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $48,430
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Associate's degree not published
Music Associate's degree not published $75,480
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.