Georgia State
University-Perimeter College
Public Community College in Atlanta, GA. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $47,384.
Ten years after entry, the median Georgia State University-Perimeter College student earns $47,384 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,903, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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 22% — below national average
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 91%, Georgia State University-Perimeter College takes nearly everyone who applies. With 13,073 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. About 27% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below rest on the 16% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 400–520 | 492 (16%) |
| SAT Math | 360–500 | |
| ACT Composite | 15–21 | 236 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 22% graduate within six years. Retention of 66% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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. Transfer-out runs to 21% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 55% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 12,872 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,367 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 — $10,380 at $0–30k against $16,785 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 67% of students at an average of $4,518. Federal borrowing reaches 29% of students.
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 · 2,473 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 | $10,380 |
| $30–48k | $10,367 |
| $48–75k | $12,528 |
| $75–110k | $15,622 |
| $110k+ | $16,785 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,782 of these 12,872 students, totalling $21,038,226 — an average of $5,563 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