-12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of West Georgia fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (8.6k → 7.5k).
Georgia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia. 7,485 undergraduate students. 77 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of West Georgia
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 University of West Georgia fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.8% → 0.0%).
+14%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of West Georgia rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (21.7% → 24.8%).
+13%
First-year retention
First-year retention at University of West Georgia rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (68.7% → 77.5%).
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.
$49,587+21% · 6→10y
Georgia median $38,208$41,000
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry42.7%+33% · '97→'09
Georgia median 41.6%$15,000+813% · '97→'20
At program completion7,485+22% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.0%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time49.4%-14% · '01→'24
latest cohort$5,971+154% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,024SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,587 (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%
University of West Georgia · completion · 150% rose
27.5% → 36.5%
+86%
University of West Georgia · completion · 100% rose
13.3% → 24.8%
+22%
University of West Georgia · undergrad enrollment rose
6,159 → 7,520
+154%
University of West Georgia · in-state tuition rose
$2,394 → $6,088
+122%
University of West Georgia · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,022 → $17,800
+813%
University of West Georgia · median debt rose
$2,625 → $23,970
-100%
University of West Georgia · cohort default rate fell
8.3% → 0.0%
+29%
University of West Georgia · pell share rose
31.3% → 40.4%
+25%
University of West Georgia · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,800 → $49,587
+22%
University of West Georgia · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,300 → $45,491
+22%
University of West Georgia · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,700 → $41,000
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.$104,649Computer and Information Sciences, General.$98,657Education, Other.$98,348Business Administration, Management and Operations.$95,558Educational Administration and Supervision.$93,501Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$92,868Special Education and Teaching.$71,784Educational/Instructional Media Design.$71,372Finance and Financial Management Services.$70,940Accounting and Related Services.$67,825Management Information Systems and Services.$64,877Public Administration.$64,461Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$62,011Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$61,849Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$60,514Economics.$58,939Marketing.$58,070Business Administration, Management and Operations.$56,902Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$54,483Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management.$53,752Special Education and Teaching.$52,216Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,938Biology, General.$51,526Political Science and Government.$49,990
Showing top 24 of 34 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
34 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.$60,514Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$47,200Educational/Instructional Media Design.$71,372Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$54,483Special Education and Teaching.$71,784Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$62,011Educational Administration and Supervision.$93,501Education, Other.$98,348Special Education and Teaching.$52,216Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$51,938
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of West Georgia
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
$229,721
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,015
- 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
“University of West Georgia graduates earn $X” — not “University of West Georgia makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of West Georgia 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.