Georgia Gwinnett College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Georgia Gwinnett College

Georgia Gwinnett College operates as a public institution located in Lawrenceville, Georgia (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 11,344 students of which 14,484 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 Gwinnett College is categorized as “22” 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 95.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,844, with published in-state tuition of $4,532 and a Pell grant recipient share of 51.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,076, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 20.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 63.4%. Graduates earn a median of $47,730 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,756 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 374100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.9% 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.