Georgia Piedmont Technical College as one of the top 10 institutions in the state for students to earn their associate degrees. The ranking comes from online evaluator, University HQ; Methodology used includes data collected from various government and non-government related sources like NCES (National Center for Education Statistics), The U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Payscale.com. University HQ looks at each college’s graduation rate, net price, and salaries of graduates.