10-yr median earnings
$33,338
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Augusta, Georgia
Paine College
Paine College is a private nonprofit institution in Augusta, Georgia. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $33,338
- 10-yr median earnings
- 95.4%
- Acceptance rate
- $16,670
- Avg net price / yr
- 16.6%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Paine College pairs modest former-student earnings with open admission.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 28th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 95.4%
- acceptance rate
- 16.6%
- 150%-time completion
- +32%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Carnegie: Bacc: A&S
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Paine College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
F
College Value Score
24/100
Paine College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$33,338
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C-
$16,670
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
16.6%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
28.6%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention F
53.6%
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$16,670
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
16.6%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 16.6%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Paine College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Paine College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Paine College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$33,338 28th percentile higher than 28% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Paine College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $33,338 | #3659 of 5103 | 28th |
| Average net price | $16,670 | #2425 of 5020 | 52nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 16.6% | #4751 of 4858 | 2nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 388 | #3075 of 5462 | 44th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
388
Undergraduate enrollment
95.4%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
16.6%
150%-time completion
$33,338
10-yr median earnings
53.6%
First-year retention
How Paine College ranks in Georgia
State rank among 141 reporting Georgia colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Paine College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $33,338 | #99 of 141 | 30th |
| Average net price | $16,670 | #66 of 127 | 48th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 16.6% | #118 of 123 | 4th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 388 | #93 of 133 | 30th |
Highest former-student earnings in Georgia
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Ad School-Atlanta | $106,192 | $60,682 |
| 2 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | $102,772 | $12,116 |
| 3 | Chamberlain University-Georgia | $92,405 | $33,188 |
| 4 | United States University | $80,980 | - |
| 5 | Emory University | $80,137 | $22,585 |
| 6 | Emory University-Oxford College | $80,137 | $37,920 |
| 7 | University of Georgia | $68,726 | $13,936 |
| 8 | Galen Health Institutes-Savannah | $61,480 | - |
| 9 | Grady Health System Professional Schools | $60,726 | - |
| 10 | Spelman College | $59,993 | $38,967 |
| 11 | Mercer University | $58,354 | $23,847 |
| 12 | Georgia College & State University | $58,140 | $20,686 |
| 99 | Paine CollegeThis school | $33,338 | $16,670 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 95.4% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Paine College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$15,322 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$14,959 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$17,233 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$20,388 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Paine College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $14,596 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $14,596 |
| Average Net Price | $16,670 |
75.6%
Pell Grant Rate
76.4%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Paine College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $10,454 to $19,741 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +4.7%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$10,454
Highest year
$19,741
Most recent (2023)
$15,074
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $14,3922023 · $15,074
Over the same years, enrollment went -63.3% (921 → 338 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
55.5%
Female
37.9%
First Generation
Outcomes
53.6%
Retention Rate
$25,240
Median Earnings (6yr)
31.2%
Earning Over $25K
28.6%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 16.6% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 53.6% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $25,240 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $33,338 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 31.2% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 28.6% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalism | Bachelor's | - | - | - |
| Criminology | Bachelor's | - | - | - |
| Sociology | Bachelor's | 8 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Paine College? ▼
Paine College is a private nonprofit institution in Augusta, Georgia. The acceptance rate is 95.4%. Undergraduate enrollment is 388 students.
How much do Paine College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Paine College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $33,338 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $25,240.
How much does Paine College cost? ▼
The average net price at Paine College is $16,670. In-state tuition is $14,596 and out-of-state tuition is $14,596.
What is the graduation rate at Paine College? ▼
Paine College has a 16.6% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 53.6%.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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