A good college education can get expensive, but the latest study on Georgia's best value colleges from SmartAsset—a personal finance technology company—may help you narrow down the options.
SmartAsset analysts studied five key factors across state colleges: tuition, student living costs, scholarships and grant offerings, retention rate and starting salary.
Which Georgia college grants the best bang for your buck? It's Georgia Tech.
With an average starting salary of $62,500, average tuition of $10,650 per year and 96 percent retention rate, the Atlanta college scored 88.05 in the study's value index.
Georgia Institute of Technology was also recognized in College Scorecard's 2015 ranking of the colleges with the best return on investment.
At No. 2 on SmartAsset's state ranking is Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta with an average college tuition of $5,732. Average starting salaries for graduates begin at $52,100.
Where applicable, SmartAsset analysts used in-state tuition to determine yearly tuition.
Tuition: $10,650
Starting salary: $62,500
Tuition: $5,732
Starting salary: $52,100
Tuition: $10,262
Starting salary: $46,600
Tuition: $44,008
Starting salary: $51,300
Tuition: $8,368
Starting salary: $44,500
Tuition: $6,071
Starting salary: $43,900
Tuition: $50,500
Starting salary: $25,468
Tuition: $8,790
Starting salary: $41,100
Tuition: $5,837
Starting salary: $41,800
Tuition: $5,153
Starting salary: $42,000
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