Gordon State College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Gordon State College

Gordon State College operates as a public institution located in Barnesville, Georgia (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 2,544 students of which 3,714 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. Gordon State 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 85.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,023 and an ACT midpoint of 20. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $8,105, with published in-state tuition of $3,628 and a Pell grant recipient share of 48.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 18.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 51.2%. Graduates earn a median of $37,871 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,163 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 295900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 45.6% 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.