Middle Georgia
State University
Public College in Macon, GA. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $40,863.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,863 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 25% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,000, 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 25% — below national average
Admissions
Middle Georgia State University admits 100% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. 4,346 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 31% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 18% 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 | 490–610 | 240 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 460–580 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–24 | 87 (7%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. With 44% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 35% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,656 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,883 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 — $10,668 at $0–30k against $16,762 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $6,517. About 37% 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 · 1,133 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 | $10,668 |
| $30–48k | $10,920 |
| $48–75k | $12,679 |
| $75–110k | $15,901 |
| $110k+ | $16,762 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,439 of these 6,656 students, totalling $15,479,641 — an average of $6,347 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bibb 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)