Georgia Highlands College Business Programs

Georgia Highlands College is a public institution located in Rome, Georgia. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of GHC.

Where Is Georgia Highlands College?

Contact details for GHC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3175 Cedartown Highway, S.E., Rome, GA 30161-3897
Phone:	800-332-2406
Website:	www.highlands.edu

How Do I Get Into GHC?

You can apply to GHC online at: https://www.highlands.edu/how-do-i-apply/high-school-applicants/

Since Georgia Highlands College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Georgia Highlands College?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At GHC, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $4,959 a year. That adds up to $19,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at GHC is 10.2%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Georgia Highlands College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,680 undergraduate students at GHC, with 2,258 being full-time and 3,422 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,258 full-time undergraduates at GHC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Highlands College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	50
Black or African American	340
Hispanic or Latino	378
White	1,353
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	112

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Highlands College. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at GHC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Ireland, and Italy.

Online Learning at Georgia Highlands College

In 2019-2020, 4,869 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at GHC has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of GHC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Highlands College was 53.8%. This is the #539 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at GHC regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Georgia Highlands College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Supply Chain Management	31	31
TOTAL	31	31

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.