Fort Valley State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley State University operates as a public institution located in Fort Valley, Georgia (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 2,684 students of which 2,783 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. Fort Valley State University is categorized as “20” 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 65.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 994 and an ACT midpoint of 18. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,338, with published in-state tuition of $5,526 and a Pell grant recipient share of 73.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $31,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.5%. Graduates earn a median of $36,666 ten years after enrolling, compared with $28,649 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 244600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 41.0% 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.