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24 schools in Georgia offer machining & CNC-related programs, compared below on official cost, completion, and earnings data. Prefer to earn while you learn? 20 registered apprenticeship programs in Georgia train machining & CNC apprentices — see apprenticeships. Federal program data groups machining & cnc with welding — schools below may offer any of these.
Occupation pay is what working machining & CNC professionals in Georgia earn (all experience levels) — school "earnings" figures above are medians for each school's recent federally-aided students across all its programs, which read lower.
Georgia does not license CNC machinists — the trade is not covered by any of the Secretary of State's professional licensing boards, and no city or county license applies. Employers typically want a high school diploma plus a technical-college machining program or equivalent experience, with voluntary NIMS credentials as the standard certification. Registered apprenticeships through Apprentice Georgia pair full-time paid work with about 600 hours of technical-college instruction.
Official source: Georgia Secretary of State, Professional Licensing Boards Division — machinist is not among its 40+ licensing boards · Exam: None required by the state. Voluntary NIMS credential exams are the industry standard. · Typical requirement: No state-mandated hours. Typical: high school diploma/GED plus a Technical College System of Georgia machining/CNC program or on-the-job training; NIMS credentials preferred. Example registered CNC Machinist apprenticeship: 600 hours of Related Technical Instruction at a technical college plus full-time paid OJT.
| School | City | Type | Net price / yr | Completion | Earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiregrass Georgia Technical College | Valdosta | public | $614 | 46.8% | $30,864 |
| Southern Regional Technical College | Thomasville | public | $813 | 47.7% | $31,293 |
| South Georgia Technical College | Americus | public | $1,164 | 52.6% | $30,364 |
| West Georgia Technical College | Waco | public | $2,457 | 35.5% | $35,479 |
| Chattahoochee Technical College | Marietta | public | $3,407 | 30.4% | $37,138 |
| Columbus Technical College | Columbus | public | $4,001 | 30.3% | $34,238 |
| North Georgia Technical College | Clarkesville | public | $4,005 | 39.7% | $32,932 |
| Albany Technical College | Albany | public | $4,524 | 44.5% | $30,541 |
| Gwinnett Technical College | Lawrenceville | public | $6,696 | 34% | $45,025 |
| Southern Crescent Technical College | Griffin | public | $5,661 | 46.3% | $36,104 |
| Georgia Northwestern Technical College | Rome | public | $5,720 | 47.9% | $35,759 |
| Savannah Technical College | Savannah | public | $6,114 | 43% | $33,018 |
| Athens Technical College | Athens | public | $6,949 | 40.6% | $35,951 |
| Lanier Technical College | Gainesville | public | $7,799 | 41.1% | $37,623 |
| Ogeechee Technical College | Statesboro | public | $6,542 | 53% | $31,248 |
| Central Georgia Technical College | Warner Robins | public | $7,052 | 44.8% | $30,848 |
| Augusta Technical College | Augusta | public | $10,485 | 36.8% | $33,523 |
| Southeastern Technical College | Vidalia | public | $10,612 | 45.5% | $30,329 |
| Georgia Piedmont Technical College | Clarkston | public | $13,761 | 38.9% | $34,619 |
| Oconee Fall Line Technical College | Sandersville | public | $12,844 | 43.6% | $30,899 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Atlanta | Duluth | private for-profit | $27,365 | 64.5% | $48,191 |
| Fortis College-Smyrna | Smyrna | private for-profit | $23,657 | 54.6% | $36,368 |
| Atlanta Technical College | Atlanta | public | $-914 | 37.9% | $30,350 |
| Coastal Pines Technical College | Waycross | public | $-126 | 55.2% | $30,214 |
Ranking = median earnings 10 years after entry per $1,000 of average yearly net price (methodology). Figures are institution-wide federal medians for each school as a whole — not machining & CNC graduates specifically. Schools without both figures sort last — "not reported" means the federal dataset lacks the value, not that the school is bad.
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