Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Farmingdale State grads earn $12.2K more ten years out than Kennesaw State's ($69,781 vs. $57,552)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Farmingdale State graduates 10 pts more of its students than Kennesaw State (62% vs. 52%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Farmingdale State$69.8K
Kennesaw State$57.6K
Graduation rate
Farmingdale State62%
Kennesaw State52%
Retention rate
Farmingdale State83%
Kennesaw State77%

Borrowing

Median debt
Farmingdale State$14.7K
Kennesaw State$23.8K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Farmingdale State23%
Kennesaw State33%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Farmingdale State$10.5K
Kennesaw State$17K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Farmingdale State50%
Kennesaw State28%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Farmingdale State62%
Kennesaw State51%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Farmingdale State20%
Kennesaw State28%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Farmingdale State52%
Kennesaw State50%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Farmingdale State53%
Kennesaw State54%
Pell graduation gap
Farmingdale State1 pts lower
Kennesaw State4 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupFarmingdale StateKennesaw State
White55%51%
Asian57%50%
Hispanic/Latino50%53%
Black44%54%
Two or more races41%54%
InternationalNot shown: under 30 students45%

On-time progress, from the colleges' Common Data Sets

Finished withinFarmingdale StateKennesaw State
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published22%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published26%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published24%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published42%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published46%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published44%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Farmingdale State College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;Kennesaw State University Common Data Set 2024–25, Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why