unitid 139931 · Statesboro, GA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Georgia Southern University
- enrollment 2023
- 29,617
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
88%
62nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
21,790
90th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
36%
undergrads on Pell grants
63rd pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
70th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,430
61st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,267
after aid, aided students
67th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,236
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,250
81st 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 $12,162 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
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+23%
- Median family income
- $49,236
- First-generation students
- 25%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,022
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× 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. | 369 | $58,029 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 339 | $78,490 | $27,277 |
| Psychology, General. | 275 | $46,575 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 275 | $69,063 | $25,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 260 | $58,072 | $25,338 |
| Marketing. | 218 | $66,246 | $25,762 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 209 | $49,396 | $26,750 |
| Biology, General. | 186 | $50,095 | $25,755 |
| Criminology. | 155 | — | $26,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 151 | $85,716 | $25,500 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 133 | $47,052 | $31,000 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician. | 118 | $101,493 | $26,000 |
— 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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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.