-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Kennesaw State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.8% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, Georgia. 39,503 undergraduate students. 168 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Kennesaw 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.
+40%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Kennesaw State University rose 40% between 2021 and 2024 (17.3% → 24.2%).
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.
$57,552+20% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$47,863
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry48.1%
Georgia median 41.6%$14,250+13% · '15→'20
At program completion39,503+38% · '15→'24
latest IPEDS78.7%-2% · '15→'24
first-time, full-time69.2%+18% · '15→'24
latest cohort$5,786-4% · '15→'24
out-of-state $17,040SECTION 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 $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,552 (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.
+58%
Kennesaw State University · completion · 100% rose
15.3% → 24.2%
+38%
Kennesaw State University · undergrad enrollment rose
29,841 → 41,254
-100%
Kennesaw State University · cohort default rate fell
7.3% → 0.0%
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$132,957Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$124,846Business Administration, Management and Operations.$124,663Statistics.$119,338General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.$111,624Computer Science.$106,400Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$106,304Construction Management.$100,339Computer Engineering.$99,785Computer and Information Sciences, General.$98,191Computer and Information Sciences, General.$96,325Educational Administration and Supervision.$95,775Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$95,063Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.$94,498Accounting and Related Services.$92,022Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians.$90,947Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$89,755Engineering Technology, General.$89,552Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$87,240Civil Engineering.$86,768Mechanical Engineering.$86,737Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$85,792Information Science/Studies.$83,632Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$83,064
Showing top 24 of 64 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
64 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.$49,356Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$59,930Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,577Educational/Instructional Media Design.$70,273Educational Administration and Supervision.$70,439Educational Administration and Supervision.$95,775Educational/Instructional Media Design.$75,285
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
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
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,145Accounting and Related Services.$71,209Marketing.$67,292Business Administration, Management and Operations.$124,663Finance and Financial Management Services.$74,005Construction Management.$100,339Accounting and Related Services.$92,022International Business.$68,027General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.$111,624Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$55,143Business/Managerial Economics.$74,345Business Administration, Management and Operations.$132,957Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.$95,063
HISTORY · CIP 54
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Kennesaw 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
$175,883
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $17,890
- 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
“Kennesaw State University graduates earn $X” — not “Kennesaw State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Kennesaw 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.