Andrew College
Private Community College in Cuthbert, GA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $38,475.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,475, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 32% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $12,533, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 46% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool runs to 1,581, typical for a school of this reach. About 36% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 32% graduate within six years. 40% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 28% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 19:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 293 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,709 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,107 at $0–30k against $26,427 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 96% receive grants worth $9,975 on average. Most students borrow — 77% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 107 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 | $19,107 |
| $30–48k | $20,082 |
| $48–75k | $22,324 |
| $75–110k | $24,861 |
| $110k+ | $26,427 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 225 of these 293 students, totalling $1,385,556 — an average of $6,158 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Randolph 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)