-16%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Clayton State University fell 16% between 2021 and 2024 (5.2k → 4.3k).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Clayton State University
Morrow, Georgia. 4,390 undergraduate students. 53 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Clayton 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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Clayton State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.8% → 0.0%).
+27%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Clayton State University rose 26% between 2021 and 2024 (14.2% → 18.0%).
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.
$49,179+18% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$41,633
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry35.4%-33% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$16,750+879% · '97→'20
At program completion4,390-7% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS73.2%+18% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time70.6%+9% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,068+87% · '00→'24
out-of-state $15,790SECTION 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
4.5%Median federal debt $16,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,179 (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.
-33%
Clayton State University · completion · 150% fell
39.9% → 26.8%
+79%
Clayton State University · completion · 100% rose
10.1% → 18.0%
+18%
Clayton State University · retention rose
60.0% → 70.9%
+87%
Clayton State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,770 → $5,180
+97%
Clayton State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,400 → $16,532
+879%
Clayton State University · median debt rose
$2,625 → $25,706
-100%
Clayton State University · cohort default rate fell
11.9% → 0.0%
+28%
Clayton State University · pell share rose
40.7% → 52.2%
+24%
Clayton State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,800 → $49,179
+24%
Clayton State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,900 → $45,852
+22%
Clayton State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,200 → $41,633
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.$93,169Computer and Information Sciences, General.$74,126Health and Medical Administrative Services.$70,117Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,693Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$60,588Marketing.$56,312Accounting and Related Services.$54,723Business Administration, Management and Operations.$54,637Health and Medical Administrative Services.$53,206Legal Support Services.$53,124Business/Commerce, General.$52,452Biology, General.$51,651Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$51,292History.$50,838Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$50,621Criminal Justice and Corrections.$49,418Legal Support Services.$48,395English Language and Literature, General.$46,084Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$45,378Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$41,771Communication and Media Studies.$39,837
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 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
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Clayton 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
$340,054
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,506
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
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
“Clayton State University graduates earn $X” — not “Clayton State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Clayton 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.