unitid 159009 · Grambling, LA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Grambling State University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,716
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
45%
8th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,164
44th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
75%
undergrads on Pell grants
99th pctl among public 4-years
completion
36%
finish within 150% time
29th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,367
67th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,809
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,109
after entry, Title IV students
19th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$36,500
100th 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 $18,666 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
- 0-30k62%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $19,680
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,683
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 109 | $39,072 | $39,871 |
| Biology, General. | 78 | $45,785 | $33,187 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 47 | $33,761 | $38,828 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 42 | $48,749 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 40 | $35,711 | $36,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 35 | $49,720 | $43,106 |
| Information Science/Studies. | 33 | $43,980 | $31,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 33 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 33 | $36,809 | $49,736 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 30 | $40,481 | $37,449 |
| Psychology, General. | 27 | $38,577 | $38,475 |
| Marketing. | 27 | — | $41,562 |
— 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.