unitid 139764 · Americus, GA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Georgia Southwestern State University
- enrollment 2023
- 3,941
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
75%
34th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,424
29th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
43%
undergrads on Pell grants
80th pctl among public 4-years
completion
41%
finish within 150% time
40th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$20,484
39th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,019
after aid, aided students
43rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,757
after entry, Title IV students
46th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$18,851
43rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,477 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+15%
- Median family income
- $35,857
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,220
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 216 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 100 | $60,163 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 74 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 57 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 51 | $59,891 | $26,450 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 44 | $85,821 | $24,250 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 42 | $62,518 | $30,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 30 | $45,956 | $26,431 |
| Psychology, General. | 29 | $38,431 | $27,125 |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 28 | $55,468 | $41,580 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 24 | — | — |
| Marketing. | 22 | $38,336 | $24,123 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.