Dalton State College

Overview

Rankings

• #2 Best Nursing Colleges in Georgia
• #6 Best Criminal Justice Colleges in Georgia
• #7 Most Affordable Colleges in Georgia
• #7 Most Affordable Colleges for Public Health
• #8 Most Affordable Colleges for Healthcare Administration
• #9 Most Affordable Colleges for Health Professions
• #13 Best Bachelor's Programs in Georgia
• #13 Best Master's Programs in Georgia

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Dalton State College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Dalton State College, located in Dalton, Georgia, enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 28%.

Retention Rate

71%

Full-Time Faculty

66%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$7,570

Student–Faculty Ratio

20:1

Diversity Index

0.60

First-Gen Students

51%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Dalton State College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Dalton State College is $10,656, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $5,012. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $3,962 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $12,937 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$3,336

Out-of-State

$10,656

Avg Net Price

$5,012

Median Debt

$12,937

Pell Grant Rate

50%

Federal Loan Rate

14%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Dalton State College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Dalton State College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Dalton State College report median earnings of $40,251, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$37,491

8 Years

$38,970

10 Years

$40,251

Debt-to-Earnings

0.32x

Earning > $25K

52%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Dalton State College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Dalton State College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 1.27%, well above the typical college. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 11.9% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 10.7% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $63,500, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

1.27%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

10.7%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

11.9%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$86,274

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Dalton State College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs around the national average at Dalton State College. Its economic connectedness score is 0.93, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (0.03), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 5% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

0.93

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.03

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

4.9%

Support Ratio

0.99

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$644,871

Investment Income

$1,197

Top Programs

The fields Dalton State College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Health Professions 31% $74,862 early-career
• Business & Marketing 19% $50,714 early-career
• Humanities 15% $28,834 early-career
• Education 8% $38,577 early-career
• Biology & Biomedical 6% $35,271 early-career
• Criminal Justice 4% $42,081 early-career
• Psychology 2% $25,556 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 2%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.