University of
West Georgia
Public College in Carrollton, GA. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $49,587.
Ten years after entry, the median University of West Georgia student earns $49,587 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $23,970, 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
University of West Georgia admits 52% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. 8,860 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield sits at 31% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 40% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants 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 | 490–590 | 570 (40%) |
| SAT Math | 460–550 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–22 | 392 (28%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 44% finish inside six years. Retention of 78% 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 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. Retention drops to 62% 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 7,539 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,913 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($10,339 versus $16,810), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 78% get grants averaging $8,042, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 39% 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 · 1,258 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 | $10,339 |
| $30–48k | $10,523 |
| $48–75k | $12,957 |
| $75–110k | $15,471 |
| $110k+ | $16,810 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,925 of these 7,539 students, totalling $18,020,562 — an average of $6,161 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carroll 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)