Undergraduate certificate · 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 3.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $45,865; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $57,745; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $9,292; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $43k (likely $43k – $59k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.9 years (likely 3.4–4.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $104k (likely $68k – $137k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $367k (likely $279k – $479k); Today's dollars
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: not reported / ≤ 10%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20