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Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, GA · Public

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (13% of graduates). 17 students for every faculty member, more than at 78% of colleges. 80% of faculty are full-time. Spends $7,038 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

1,097 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 46% of graduates; 35 programs in 20 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380113% 138
    Graduates in this field earn $83,058 4 years out
  2. Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.140110% 111
    Graduates in this field earn $71,560 4 years out
  3. Business Administration and Management, General 52.02018.8% 97
    Graduates in this field earn $71,795 4 years out
  4. Exercise Science and Kinesiology 31.05057.5% 82
    Graduates in this field earn $55,817 4 years out
  5. Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 42.27996.7% 73
    Graduates in this field earn $54,441 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Parks, recreation, and kinesiology, 2.2% → 7.5% of graduates since 2014–15 (82 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$97,653 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $67,455

    4 years after completion$97,653
    National median: $85,063Above typical

    Median federal debt: $20,981 · 120 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Computer Science$96,335 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $76,971

    4 years after completion$96,335
    National median: $107,009Below typical

    Median federal debt: $23,219 · 44 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Business/Managerial Economics$86,894 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $49,187

    4 years after completion$86,894
    National median: $77,981Above typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Physics$85,089 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $62,478

    4 years after completion$85,089
    National median: $76,786Above typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 10 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$83,058 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $78,087

    4 years after completion$83,058
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 years out, Pell: $63,368 · Non-Pell: $68,819(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $24,000 · 214 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college17 to 1
17 to 1
← Fewer students per facultymore students per faculty member than 78% of 1,892More students per faculty →

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

37%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 6% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–913412%
10–1927425%
20–2939536%
30–3916915%
40–49626%
50–99636%
100+00%

This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.

Full-time faculty80%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$79,092

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.

Instruction spending per student$7,038
$7,038
← Lessmore than 12% of 557More →
Endowment per student$9,709
$9,709
← Lessmore than 40% of 537More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Georgia College & State University Common Data Set 2016–17, Fall 2016;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)