+72%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Savannah State University rose 72% between 2021 and 2024 ($11.1k → $19.0k).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Savannah State University
Savannah, Georgia. 2,727 undergraduate students. 39 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Savannah 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 Savannah State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (5.5% → 0.0%).
+45%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Savannah State University rose 45% between 2021 and 2024 (11.2% → 16.2%).
+38%
Earnings trend · post-entry horizons
Earnings 10 years post-entry at Savannah State University are 38% above 6-year earnings ($27.5k → $38.0k).
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.
$37,981+38% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$27,494
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry25.2%+13% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$16,500+500% · '97→'20
At program completion2,727+3% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.0%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—-24% · '02→'20
latest cohort$5,498+116% · '00→'24
out-of-state $16,218SECTION 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
5.8%Median federal debt $16,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $37,981 (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.
+60%
Savannah State University · completion · 100% rose
10.2% → 16.2%
+116%
Savannah State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,658 → $5,750
+134%
Savannah State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,122 → $19,043
+500%
Savannah State University · median debt rose
$4,667 → $28,000
-100%
Savannah State University · cohort default rate fell
16.2% → 0.0%
+28%
Savannah State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$29,700 → $37,981
+24%
Savannah State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$27,000 → $33,514
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.
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$78,732Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$75,709Political Science and Government.$56,993Social Work.$53,685Business Administration, Management and Operations.$52,238Biology, General.$51,020Accounting and Related Services.$50,563Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other.$49,714Journalism.$48,748Social Work.$45,827Criminal Justice and Corrections.$44,715Research and Experimental Psychology.$39,215Sociology.$37,264Visual and Performing Arts, General.$32,780
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Savannah 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
$244,961
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $10,852
- HS-only baseline · GA
- $35,800
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 26
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
“Savannah State University graduates earn $X” — not “Savannah State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Savannah 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.