unitid 486840 · Kennesaw, GA · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Kennesaw State University
- enrollment 2023
- 49,914
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
69%
26th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
41,254
99th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
65th pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
63rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,008
59th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,048
after aid, aided students
66th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$57,552
after entry, Title IV students
69th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,833
83rd 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 $12,235 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
- 0-30k26%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $43,182
- First-generation students
- 27%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,808
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× 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. | 463 | $51,136 | $26,869 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 282 | $60,145 | $26,625 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 261 | $83,064 | $25,093 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 243 | $124,663 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 240 | $86,737 | $27,736 |
| Biology, General. | 240 | $56,720 | $26,205 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 239 | $51,863 | $26,000 |
| Marketing. | 237 | $67,292 | $25,198 |
| Computer Science. | 224 | $106,400 | $23,000 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 198 | $96,325 | $30,279 |
| Computer Science. | 189 | — | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 189 | $74,005 | $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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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.