-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Georgia Southern University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia. 21,029 undergraduate students. 160 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Georgia Southern 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.
+17%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Georgia Southern University rose 17% between 2021 and 2024 (30.5% → 35.6%).
+10%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Georgia Southern University rose 10% between 2006 and 2009 (43.0% → 47.3%).
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.
$53,236+20% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$44,423
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.0%+30% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$15,250+343% · '97→'20
At program completion21,029+74% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS77.2%-1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time89.6%+11% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,905+141% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,959SECTION 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
3.8%Median federal debt $15,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,236 (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.
+30%
Georgia Southern University · completion · 150% rose
36.5% → 47.3%
+92%
Georgia Southern University · completion · 100% rose
18.6% → 35.6%
+74%
Georgia Southern University · undergrad enrollment rose
12,550 → 21,790
+141%
Georgia Southern University · in-state tuition rose
$2,500 → $6,022
+118%
Georgia Southern University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,128 → $17,734
+343%
Georgia Southern University · median debt rose
$5,250 → $23,250
-100%
Georgia Southern University · cohort default rate fell
7.4% → 0.0%
+38%
Georgia Southern University · pell share rose
26.3% → 36.3%
+27%
Georgia Southern University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,800 → $53,236
+30%
Georgia Southern University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,100 → $49,438
+31%
Georgia Southern University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,800 → $44,423
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.$115,491Educational Administration and Supervision.$104,587Construction Engineering Technologies.$101,493Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$101,137Management Information Systems and Services.$95,199Computer and Information Sciences, General.$93,792Business Administration, Management and Operations.$92,336Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$91,083Business/Managerial Economics.$88,401Curriculum and Instruction.$86,980Mechanical Engineering.$85,716Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$80,950Information Science/Studies.$80,336Accounting and Related Services.$80,136Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,490Civil Engineering.$76,963Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$75,615Health and Medical Administrative Services.$71,138Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$70,709Finance and Financial Management Services.$70,551Accounting and Related Services.$70,091Educational/Instructional Media Design.$69,297Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,063Marketing.$66,246
Showing top 24 of 67 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
67 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.$58,029Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$49,396Educational Administration and Supervision.$63,316Educational/Instructional Media Design.$69,297Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$54,142Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$48,315Special Education and Teaching.$52,125Curriculum and Instruction.$86,980Educational Administration and Supervision.$104,587Special Education and Teaching.$60,875
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$78,490Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$65,227Public Health.$49,403Public Health.$63,959Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$70,709Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$115,491Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$75,615Health and Medical Administrative Services.$71,138Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.$65,914Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$80,950Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$45,684
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$69,063Marketing.$66,246Finance and Financial Management Services.$70,551Accounting and Related Services.$70,091Business Administration, Management and Operations.$92,336Accounting and Related Services.$80,136Management Information Systems and Services.$95,199Business/Managerial Economics.$88,401
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Georgia Southern 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
$190,080
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 16
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,475
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 13
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 Southern University graduates earn $X” — not “Georgia Southern University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Georgia Southern 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.