-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Georgia State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.3% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia. 27,109 undergraduate students. 215 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Georgia 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.
+20%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Georgia State University rose 20% between 2006 and 2009 (41.4% → 49.8%).
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.
$47,384+25% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$37,844
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry53.7%+100% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$11,750+280% · '97→'20
At program completion27,109+70% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.3%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time62.3%+4% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,478+177% · '00→'24
out-of-state $23,709SECTION 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
3.3%Median federal debt $11,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,384 (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.
+100%
Georgia State University · completion · 150% rose
24.9% → 49.8%
+222%
Georgia State University · completion · 100% rose
10.2% → 33.0%
+70%
Georgia State University · undergrad enrollment rose
15,641 → 26,623
+177%
Georgia State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,132 → $8,664
+133%
Georgia State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,650 → $24,840
+280%
Georgia State University · median debt rose
$5,500 → $20,903
-100%
Georgia State University · cohort default rate fell
6.3% → 0.0%
+64%
Georgia State University · pell share rose
30.9% → 50.7%
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.
Real Estate.$141,181Computer and Information Sciences, General.$129,650Educational Administration and Supervision.$129,220Business/Commerce, General.$126,569Health and Medical Administrative Services.$123,490Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$115,694Taxation.$111,795Finance and Financial Management Services.$108,935Law.$105,625Computer Science.$105,149Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$102,701Accounting and Related Services.$97,244International Business.$92,708Marketing.$92,565Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$88,988Urban Studies/Affairs.$88,403Computer and Information Sciences, General.$86,056Insurance.$85,608Educational Administration and Supervision.$84,148Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$82,922Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$81,903Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,885Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,487Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$80,748
Showing top 24 of 79 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
79 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 Subject Areas.$59,433Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$48,032Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,892Special Education and Teaching.$60,636Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$58,605Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$57,169Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$88,988Educational Administration and Supervision.$84,148Educational Administration and Supervision.$129,220
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,487Public Health.$76,059Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$60,538Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$52,081Health and Medical Administrative Services.$123,490Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$115,694Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$82,922Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$52,211Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$44,966Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$80,748Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,885
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Finance and Financial Management Services.$76,480Marketing.$65,896Business Administration, Management and Operations.$62,425Accounting and Related Services.$70,327Business/Commerce, General.$126,569Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$102,701Accounting and Related Services.$97,244Business/Managerial Economics.$74,505Hospitality Administration/Management.$52,982Insurance.$85,608Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$81,903Marketing.$92,565International Business.$92,708Taxation.$111,795Finance and Financial Management Services.$108,935Real Estate.$141,181
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Georgia 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
$105,145
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,219
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
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 State University graduates earn $X” — not “Georgia State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Georgia 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.