-13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Savannah College of Art and Design fell 13% between 2021 and 2024 (59.0% → 51.5%).
Georgia · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia. 14,423 undergraduate students. 38 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Savannah College of Art and Design
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 Savannah College of Art and Design fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4% → 0.0%).
+22%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Savannah College of Art and Design rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 (12.5k → 15.2k).
+13%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Savannah College of Art and Design rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 (58.7% → 66.2%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Savannah College of Art and Design earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Georgia median
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.
$45,954+35% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$34,110
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry70.5%+37% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$15,500+101% · '97→'20
At program completion14,423+473% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS86.8%+7% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time83.7%-1% · '01→'24
latest cohort$40,595+157% · '00→'24
out-of-state $40,595SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Savannah College of Art and Design 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 at Savannah College of Art and Design
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 $15,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $45,954 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Savannah College of Art and Design enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+37%
Savannah College of Art and Design · completion · 150% rose
48.4% → 66.2%
+46%
Savannah College of Art and Design · completion · 100% rose
35.3% → 51.5%
+473%
Savannah College of Art and Design · undergrad enrollment rose
2,658 → 15,243
+157%
Savannah College of Art and Design · in-state tuition rose
$16,200 → $41,630
+157%
Savannah College of Art and Design · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,200 → $41,630
+101%
Savannah College of Art and Design · median debt rose
$12,500 → $25,148
-100%
Savannah College of Art and Design · cohort default rate fell
7.4% → 0.0%
+24%
Savannah College of Art and Design · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,000 → $45,954
+35%
Savannah College of Art and Design · earnings_median_8yr rose
$31,100 → $42,062
+30%
Savannah College of Art and Design · earnings_median_6yr rose
$26,300 → $34,110
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Savannah College of Art and Design 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.
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$110,872Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$77,499Architectural Sciences and Technology$74,185Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$64,724Historic Preservation and Conservation$61,992Design and Applied Arts$60,114Architectural Sciences and Technology$59,427Apparel and Textiles$57,108Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$54,180Apparel and Textiles$53,305Film/Video and Photographic Arts$53,241Fine and Studio Arts$51,744Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians$50,449Graphic Communications$49,365Film/Video and Photographic Arts$44,203Design and Applied Arts$43,503Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$39,340Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians$38,034Fine and Studio Arts$34,897Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$33,955Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$30,561
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
21 Savannah College of Art and Design programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
Design and Applied Arts$43,503Film/Video and Photographic Arts$44,203Design and Applied Arts$60,114Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$33,955Fine and Studio Arts$34,897Film/Video and Photographic Arts$53,241Fine and Studio Arts$51,744Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$39,340Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management$54,180
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Savannah College of Art and Design
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
-$93,500
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
—
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
- Cost per year
- $45,149
- 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.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Savannah College of Art and Design graduates earn $X” — not “Savannah College of Art and Design makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Savannah College of Art and Design 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.