-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Augusta University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia. 5,282 undergraduate students. 121 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Augusta University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Georgia
Each tile compares this institution to the Georgia median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$48,472+8% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$45,037
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.6%
Georgia median 41.6%$13,015+134% · '13→'20
At program completion5,282+3% · '13→'24
latest IPEDS73.5%+12% · '13→'24
first-time, full-time89.3%+111% · '13→'24
latest cohort$8,122+157% · '13→'24
out-of-state $23,500SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%Median federal debt $13,015 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,472 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+295%
Augusta University · completion · 100% rose
7.3% → 29.0%
+12%
Augusta University · retention rose
67.6% → 75.6%
+157%
Augusta University · in-state tuition rose
$3,276 → $8,414
+154%
Augusta University · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,723 → $24,734
+134%
Augusta University · median debt rose
$8,749 → $20,500
-100%
Augusta University · cohort default rate fell
6.8% → 0.0%
-27%
Augusta University · earnings_median_8yr fell
$60,800 → $44,120
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Dental Residency Programs.$306,409Medicine.$159,709Dentistry.$150,706Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$138,572Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$128,267Business Administration, Management and Operations.$94,332Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,281Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$86,241Computer and Information Sciences, General.$81,385Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,407Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$76,110Medical Illustration and Informatics.$74,353Management Information Systems and Services.$72,559Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$71,881Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,807Curriculum and Instruction.$67,394Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,164Health and Medical Administrative Services.$61,365Accounting and Related Services.$60,647Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$59,429Biology, General.$58,980Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$58,146Education, General.$56,425Marketing.$52,502
Showing top 24 of 34 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
34 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Medicine.$159,709Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$80,407Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,281Dentistry.$150,706Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$59,429Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$128,267Health and Medical Administrative Services.$61,365Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$71,881Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$68,807Medical Illustration and Informatics.$74,353Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$76,110Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$138,572Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$86,241
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS · CIP 60
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Augusta University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,767,846
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,829
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 7
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Augusta University graduates earn $X” — not “Augusta University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Augusta University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.