Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $57,552 ten years after enrolling, more than at 61% of colleges; 52% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.3 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
$23.8K
According to Kennesaw State University's most recent Common Data Set, 49% of its Class of 2024 graduates (3,768 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $24,559 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.
51 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 28 more are enrolled at another college. (10,256 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
28 of 100 finish within 4 years, 48 within 6, and 51 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 28% | 48% | 51% |
| Started in college here | 18% | 45% | 49% |
| Transferred in | 41% | 52% | 54% |
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?
Of 100 Pell Grant recipients who entered in fall 2018, 22 finished within 4 years and 50 within 6. First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients1,502 students
50% · 22% within 4 years · 4 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant738 students
51% · 23% within 4 years · 3 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan2,413 students
54% · 26% within 4 years · comparison group
Within 4 years
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.
- White2,723 students
51% · 1 point below all students
- Asian227 students
50% · 2 points below all students
- Hispanic/Latino509 students
53% · 1 point above all students
- Black856 students
54% · 2 points above all students
- Two or more races218 students
54% · 2 points above all students
- International40 students
45% · 7 points below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native11 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander6 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Kennesaw State University. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;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;Kennesaw State University Common Data Set 2024–25, Class of 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)