- The Inkwell
- Georgia
- Albany State University
Albany, GACity: smallZIP 31705Founded 1903
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1903
- Carnegie class
- Master's: medium programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.asurams.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
GeorgiaHBCUPublic
Albany State University
Albany State University is a public university in Albany, Georgia, with 5,956 undergraduates. It graduates 30% within six years and costs $14,511 a year after aid.
30%graduate
Retention79%
4-year graduation17%
Pell Grant share74%
Federal loans64%
$14,511net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
30%graduate in 6 years
$44,975median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,750median debt
#1,448 of 1,704 for earnings#465 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,541 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $22,301tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $5,666
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $17,330
- Average net price
- $14,511national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$13,800
$30,001–48,000$13,597
$48,001–75,000$14,662
$75,001–110,000$19,101
$110,001+$20,517
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college30%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college74%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 30%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 17%
- First-year retention
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 31%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,980
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,975middle 50%: $27,654–$66,030
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,750
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$66,030
Median, Albany State University$44,975
Lower quarter$27,654
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 5,956
- Part-time
- 26%
- Women / men
- 73% / 27%
- Average age at entry
- 23.1
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 74%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 21 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 70%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,257 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,425
- Endowment, end of year
- $5,175,885
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White5.9%
Hispanic3.7%
Black84%
Asian0.3%
Two or more races2.1%
U.S. nonresident0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown3.5%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions34%
Liberal arts & humanities30%
Business & management8.9%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.4%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
Psychology4.3%
Education3.3%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies2.7%
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 138716. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4709390.