Associate's · East Point, Georgia

Is Electrical and Power Transmission Installers at Lincoln College of Technology-East Point worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $50,985; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $58,673; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $17,005; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $86k (likely $86k – $118k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6 years (likely 5.0–7.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $25k (likely −$36k – $73k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $300k (likely $187k – $426k); Today's dollars