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Georgia Military College

Milledgeville, GA · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$303,772 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−123%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,392Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$303,772at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$247,6920
2
4
6
8
−$303,77210
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$8,112
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,112
Sticker price
Average net price$16,923
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$20,987
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Main award level
Associate degrees
Campus setting
Town
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$16,923Average net price / year
$20,987Cost of attendance
$8,563Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$91/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$39,392Median earnings · year 5 after completion
38.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
3,992Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$15,265
$30–48k$17,703
$48–75k$17,632
$75–110k$20,322
$110k+Not available
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$39,392
Year 6$32,351
Year 10$39,257
Full-time retention
50.0%
Part-time retention
28.6%
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

37thEarnings percentile
22thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$40,539Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$12,004Median federal debt across categories that report debt
11%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$25,257Year 1
$39,508Year 4
$39,392Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$64,5672Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$54,2703Health/Medical Preparatory Programs · Associate's Degree$46,5514Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$41,6135Biology, General · Associate's Degree$40,5396Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$40,1377Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$36,8098Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Associate's Degree$36,124

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $54,270 reported+0%vs same-degree national median$14,652federal debt2Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree · $36,124 reported-4%vs same-degree national median$11,116federal debt3Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $64,567 reported-5%vs same-degree national median$25,276federal debt4Biology, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $40,539 reported-9%vs same-degree national median$9,873federal debt5Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate's Degree · $46,551 reported-10%vs same-degree national median$13,149federal debt6Psychology, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $34,197 reported-13%vs same-degree national median$11,198federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$64,567$25,276Not reported
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$54,270$14,652Not reported
Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate's Degree$46,551$13,149Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$41,613$12,004Not reported
Biology, GeneralAssociate's Degree$40,539$9,873Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$40,137$12,401Not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$36,809$9,166Not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$36,124$11,116Not reported
Psychology, GeneralAssociate's Degree$34,197$11,198Not reported
Social WorkAssociate's DegreeNot available$17,033Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.