Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College operates as a public institution located in Tifton, Georgia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 3,208 students of which 4,371 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is categorized as “23” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 75.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 990 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,842, with published in-state tuition of $3,268 and a Pell grant recipient share of 34.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $16,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 32.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.2%. Graduates earn a median of $34,996 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,495 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 172700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.