CIP 4227 · Bachelor's Degree · Georgia College & State University

Research and Experimental Psychology at Georgia College & State University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Georgia College & State University. 100 completers in the most recent 4-year window (82 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $49,089.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$49,089
Georgia CIP-4 median $45,685
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$45,074
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$22,675
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
100
82 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 Georgia College & State University

6.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $22,675 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $49,089.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Georgia CIP 4227 peer-median earnings $45,685.

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$22,675
$25,000$22,67520142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019100
1006820142019
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
$138,812
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 17
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 17year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,262
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.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 4227

Research and Experimental Psychology across Georgia institutions

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

Georgia College & State UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$49,089100 grads
University of North GeorgiaPEER$45,685153 gradsSavannah State UniversityPEER$39,21518 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 →