-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Georgia College & State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, Georgia. 5,599 undergraduate students. 69 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Georgia College & State 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.
+19%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Georgia College & State University rose 19% between 2006 and 2009 (40.8% → 48.5%).
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.
$58,140+15% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$50,644
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry61.6%+54% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$16,018+401% · '97→'20
At program completion5,599+36% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS84.5%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time87.8%+12% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,998+290% · '00→'24
out-of-state $28,178SECTION 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
3.7%Median federal debt $16,018 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $58,140 (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.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+54%
Georgia College & State University · completion · 150% rose
31.6% → 48.5%
+226%
Georgia College & State University · completion · 100% rose
16.4% → 53.3%
+36%
Georgia College & State University · undergrad enrollment rose
4,384 → 5,947
+290%
Georgia College & State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,358 → $9,186
+269%
Georgia College & State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,988 → $29,512
+401%
Georgia College & State University · median debt rose
$4,439 → $22,250
-100%
Georgia College & State University · cohort default rate fell
6.0% → 0.0%
+40%
Georgia College & State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,500 → $58,140
+46%
Georgia College & State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,800 → $55,026
+46%
Georgia College & State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,800 → $50,644
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$121,747Business/Commerce, General.$99,579Business/Managerial Economics.$96,599Computer Science.$95,024Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$94,611Educational Administration and Supervision.$94,009Accounting and Related Services.$89,725Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$75,858Accounting and Related Services.$71,903Business Administration, Management and Operations.$70,816Mathematics.$68,141Political Science and Government.$67,408Marketing.$66,507Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$62,291Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,779Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$60,662Special Education and Teaching.$59,662Journalism.$55,713Criminal Justice and Corrections.$54,152Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,018Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,403Biology, General.$53,401Public Health.$53,175Special Education and Teaching.$52,928
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 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
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,403Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$49,803Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$60,662Special Education and Teaching.$59,662Educational Administration and Supervision.$94,009Special Education and Teaching.$52,928Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,018
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Georgia College & State 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
$672,231
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,262
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- 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
“Georgia College & State University graduates earn $X” — not “Georgia College & State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Georgia College & State 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.