unitid 139940 · Atlanta, GA · public 4-year · city (large)
Georgia State University
- enrollment 2023
- 42,129
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
55%
13th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
26,623
92nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
51%
undergrads on Pell grants
88th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
65th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,241
81st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,931
after aid, aided students
72nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,384
after entry, Title IV students
42nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,903
61st 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 $13,787 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
- 0-30k43%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $27,922
- First-generation students
- 32%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,664
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 495 | $46,935 | $27,000 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 454 | $56,279 | $28,230 |
| Biology, General. | 358 | $53,171 | $26,000 |
| Computer Science. | 357 | $105,149 | $22,500 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 307 | $126,569 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 301 | $86,056 | $26,000 |
| Marketing. | 276 | $65,896 | $25,000 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 266 | $42,807 | $25,755 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 234 | $76,480 | $24,250 |
| Law. | 206 | $105,625 | — |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 202 | $102,701 | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 195 | $53,969 | $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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- net
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.