Georgia College
& State University
Public College in Milledgeville, GA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $58,140.
Students who entered Georgia College & State University land at a median of $58,140 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 64% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $22,250, 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
78% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 6,310, typical for a school of this reach. 37% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
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 | 550–630 | 1,228 (68%) |
| SAT Math | 520–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–26 | 573 (32%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 82% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 31% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,599 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,632 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $15,396 at $0–30k, $23,216 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 84% of students at an average of $8,494. About 35% 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 · 1,813 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 | $15,396 |
| $30–48k | $16,772 |
| $48–75k | $19,179 |
| $75–110k | $22,294 |
| $110k+ | $23,216 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,947 of these 5,599 students, totalling $11,597,397 — an average of $5,957 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baldwin 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)