Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College
Public Community College in Tifton, GA. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $34,996.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,996 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $16,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 76% puts Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,694, typical for a school of this reach. 47% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. The score bands below rest on the 26% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 440–560 | 246 (26%) |
| SAT Math | 420–520 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–22 | 123 (13%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 34% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. Retention drops to 43% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,218 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,308 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($4,323 versus $11,026), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 79% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,606 — common but not automatic. 27% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 920 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $4,323 |
| $30–48k | $4,299 |
| $48–75k | $6,824 |
| $75–110k | $10,489 |
| $110k+ | $11,026 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 884 of these 3,218 students, totalling $4,887,560 — an average of $5,529 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tift County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)