Georgia College & State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Georgia College & State University

Georgia College & State University operates as a public institution located in Milledgeville, Georgia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 5,947 students of which 6,242 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. Georgia College & State University is categorized as “18” 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 78.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,163 and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,686, with published in-state tuition of $9,186 and a Pell grant recipient share of 17.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 82.3%. Graduates earn a median of $58,140 ten years after enrolling, compared with $50,644 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 191200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.4% 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.