CIP 5001 · Bachelor's Degree · Savannah State University

Visual and Performing Arts, General at Savannah State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Savannah State University. 11 completers in the most recent 4-year window (13 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $32,780.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$32,780
Georgia CIP-4 median $48,436
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$18,430
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$33,260
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
11
13 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Savannah State University

13.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $33,260 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $32,780.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

9.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Georgia CIP 5001 peer-median earnings $48,436.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$33,260
$38,925$29,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201911
181120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
-$144,155
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$10,852
HS-only baseline · GA
$35,800
Years to complete
4
CIP family
50

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5001

Visual and Performing Arts, General across Georgia institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Georgia Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Kennesaw State UniversityPEER$48,43626 grads
Savannah State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$32,78011 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →