unitid 139968 · Barnesville, GA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Gordon State College
- enrollment 2023
- 3,749
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
54th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,544
31st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
48%
undergrads on Pell grants
85th pctl among public 4-years
completion
20%
finish within 150% time
7th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$14,771
16th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,105
after aid, aided students
21st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$37,871
after entry, Title IV students
9th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,500
36th 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 $6,912 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
- 0-30k44%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $29,199
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,628
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.2× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 74 | $39,973 | $17,375 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 60 | $74,101 | $22,151 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 43 | — | $15,191 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 42 | — | $19,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 40 | $69,783 | $22,298 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 35 | $47,288 | $23,073 |
| Psychology, General. | 33 | — | $18,500 |
| Biology, General. | 30 | $52,638 | $26,007 |
| Human Services, General. | 30 | $38,650 | $31,000 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 12 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 9 | — | $11,399 |
| Engineering, General. | 8 | — | — |
— 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.