Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $55,232 ten years after enrolling, more than at 55% of colleges; 55% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.9 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$25K
According to Oglethorpe University's most recent Common Data Set, 48% of its Class of 2025 graduates (247 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $29,128 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
55 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 33 more are enrolled at another college. (398 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
45 of 100 finish within 4 years, 54 within 6, and 55 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 45% | 54% | 55% |
| Started in college here | 46% | 56% | 57% |
| Transferred in | 41% | 43% | 44% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients132 students
83% · 46 points above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant7 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan190 students
36% · comparison group
These groups' rates are more than 40 points apart, which usually means the college sorted students into the groups inconsistently in its federal report. Shown as reported; treat the difference with caution.
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White143 students
54% · the same as all students
- Asian23 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino44 students
45% · 9 points below all students
- Black93 students
61% · 7 points above all students
- International16 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Oglethorpe University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Oglethorpe University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Oglethorpe University Common Data Set 2025–26, Class of 2025About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)