Georgia Military College
Public Community College in Milledgeville, GA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $39,257.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,257, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,563 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 20% 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 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,936 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,321 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $15,265 at $0–30k, $20,322 at $75–110k. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $6,039 on average. 64% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 694 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 | $15,265 |
| $30–48k | $17,703 |
| $48–75k | $17,632 |
| $75–110k | $20,322 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,520 of these 3,936 students, totalling $7,112,022 — an average of $2,822 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)