Augusta University
Public Research University in Augusta, GA. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $48,472.
Students who entered Augusta University land at a median of $48,472 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 49%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $20,500, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Augusta University takes nearly everyone who applies. 6,011 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. About 25% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. 20% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 500–590 | 261 (20%) |
| SAT Math | 470–550 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–25 | 55 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. 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. With 36% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 50% return, against 76% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,282 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,976 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,064 at $0–30k, $18,163 at $110k+. About 82% get grants averaging $9,229, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 37% 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 · 1,210 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 | $11,064 |
| $30–48k | $11,154 |
| $48–75k | $13,703 |
| $75–110k | $17,548 |
| $110k+ | $18,163 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,962 of these 5,282 students, totalling $12,189,451 — an average of $6,213 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Richmond 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)