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Best Title Examiner programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

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17 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 267 people a year. The job pays a median of $48,320 in Georgia across about 660 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledAbstractorTitle OfficerTitle ExaminerTitle SearcherSearcherTitle AgentTitle ClerkTitle Closer
Graduates / yr
267
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$48,320
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
660
people employed
Schools
17
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
38%
across those schools
Median net price
$29,151
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 22.0302In Georgia
267
100.0%
17$37,542$25,166

Top 17 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 17 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Clayton State University
Morrow, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
61Legal Assistant/Paralegal$34,44740%68%
2South University - Savannah Online
Savannah, GA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
52Legal Assistant/Paralegal$36,9007%$28,691
3Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
29Legal Assistant/Paralegal38%
4Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
21Legal Assistant/Paralegal31%
5Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
21Legal Assistant/Paralegal38%
6Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
19Legal Assistant/Paralegal58%
7Savannah Technical College
Savannah, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
13Legal Assistant/Paralegal42%
8Athens Technical College
Athens, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
9Legal Assistant/Paralegal51%
9Columbus Technical College
Columbus, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
8Legal Assistant/Paralegal27%
10Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
6Legal Assistant/Paralegal49%
11Herzing University - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
6Legal Assistant/Paralegal$39,95214%$22,74094%
12Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
5Legal Assistant/Paralegal44%
13Gwinnett College - Marietta Campus
Marietta, GA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Legal Assistant/Paralegal31%$34,100
14Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
4Legal Assistant/Paralegal47%
15Gwinnett College - Lilburn
Lilburn, GA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
4Legal Assistant/Paralegal58%$29,151
16Coastal Pines Technical College
Waycross, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
3Legal Assistant/Paralegal48%
17Southern Regional Technical College
Thomasville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1Legal Assistant/Paralegal31%

All 17 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Clayton State UniversityMorrowPublic611
South University - Savannah OnlineSavannahPrivate for-profit521
Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMariettaPublic291
Augusta Technical CollegeAugustaPublic211
Georgia Military CollegeMilledgevillePublic211
Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffinPublic191
Savannah Technical CollegeSavannahPublic131
Athens Technical CollegeAthensPublic91
Columbus Technical CollegeColumbusPublic81
Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlantaPublic61
Herzing University - AtlantaAtlantaPrivate not-for-profit61
Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkstonPublic51
Gwinnett College - Marietta CampusMariettaPrivate for-profit51
Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner RobinsPublic41
Gwinnett College - LilburnLilburnPrivate for-profit41

What title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$48,320
Mean annual
$54,810
Jobs in state
660
What the range looks like
10th pct$24,590Median$48,32090th pct$84,040
Versus the national median
-17.6%

U.S. median $58,650. Georgia pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.43×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Georgia

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$51,170median
520 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+2.0%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
5,400
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
1,100
57,400 → 58,500
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers page.

How to become a Title Examiner

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 22.0302Legal Assistant/Paralegal

Common questions

Answers for people weighing title examiners, abstractors, and searchers programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become a Title Examiner?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Legal Assistant/Paralegal, which awarded 267 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Title Examiner?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Legal Support Services. Together they graduate about 267 people a year in Georgia.

How much do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers earn in Georgia?+

The median is $48,320 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 17.6% below the U.S. median of $58,650. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for title examiners, abstractors, and searchers growing?+

BLS projects a +2.0% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 5,400 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

17 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do title examiners, abstractors, and searchers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Abstractor, Title Officer, Title Examiner, Title Searcher among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 23-2093.

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers in other statesCaliforniaTexasNew YorkFloridaVirginiaIndianaIllinoisNorth Carolina
Programs in GeorgiaLegal Assistant/Paralegal

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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