Georgia Southern University

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

Georgia Southern University operates as a public institution located in Statesboro, Georgia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 21,790 students of which 25,781 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 Southern University is categorized as “16” 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 87.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,053 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,267, with published in-state tuition of $6,022 and a Pell grant recipient share of 36.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.8%. Graduates earn a median of $53,236 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,423 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 769200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.9% 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.