unitid 139861 · Milledgeville, GA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Georgia College & State University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,397
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
78%
40th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,947
57th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
11th pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,258
89th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,686
after aid, aided students
92nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$58,140
after entry, Title IV students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,250
74th 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 $15,396 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
- 0-30k17%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $78,448
- First-generation students
- 20%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,186
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 111 | $70,816 | $23,611 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 107 | $75,858 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 105 | $53,403 | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 101 | $49,089 | $24,500 |
| Marketing. | 101 | $66,507 | $24,000 |
| Journalism. | 93 | $55,713 | $25,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 89 | $62,291 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 72 | $49,803 | $26,000 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 62 | $94,611 | $20,740 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 59 | $121,747 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 51 | $60,662 | — |
| Biology, General. | 49 | $53,401 | $25,000 |
— 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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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.