Dalton State Tuition*
In-state students: $2,058Out-of-state students: $6,187* For a 15-credit-hour semester
Percent of students who are Latino, fall 2016
University System of Georgia*: Of 321,551 total students, 7.7 percent are LatinoDalton State: Of 5,188 students, 24.3 percent are LatinoGeorgia Gwinnett College: 12,052 students, 18.1 percent LatinoGeorgia Highlands College: 6,013 students, 12.5 percent Latino* 29 colleges and universities
DACA requests granted, through September 2016
United States: 860,000Georgia: 23,400Tennessee: 8,100* Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Estimates of total unauthorized immigrants
United States: 11 millionGeorgia: 377,000Tennessee: 120,000*Source: Migration Policy Institute, drawing on 2014 data
When Georgia’s university system lost a court case two weeks ago, Dalton State College indirectly won big – like, millions of dollars big, maybe.