Strayer University-Georgia
For-profit College in Chamblee, GA. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $40,092.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,092 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation reaches $40,621, heavy enough to shape the years right after the 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 1.01 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 25% graduate within six years. Retention of 75% 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 50% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 41% return, against 75% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,878 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,351 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($14,598 versus $19,559), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $6,580, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 88% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 8 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 | $14,598 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $19,559 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,296 of these 4,878 students, totalling $40,814,995 — an average of $9,501 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (DeKalb 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)