Atlanta Metropolitan
State College
Public Community College in Atlanta, GA. Six-year graduation rate 18%. Median 10-year earnings $33,252.
Students who entered Atlanta Metropolitan State College reach a median of $33,252 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 18% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $14,123, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 18% — below national average
Academics
Only 18% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 45% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 64% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,353 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,630 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,288 at $0–30k against $11,740 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $6,425. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 144 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 | $4,288 |
| $30–48k | $4,184 |
| $48–75k | $8,387 |
| $75–110k | $10,270 |
| $110k+ | $11,740 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 514 of these 1,353 students, totalling $3,654,382 — an average of $7,110 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fulton 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)