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South Georgia State College

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 50,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Douglas, GA

Weather

Comfortable Days 80 (9% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,792 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (69%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,094
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 94%
From Region 6%
Athletes 79 (8.0%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 57%
Black 24%
Hispanic 12%
Mixed 3%
International 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Men: 43.5% 43.5% 2014 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2015 Men: 41.4% 41.4% 2016 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2017 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2018 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2019 Men: 39.6% 39.6% 2020 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2021 Men: 43.6% 43.6% 2022 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2023 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2024 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2025 Men: 41.8% 41.8%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Black: 38.4% 38.4% 2014 Black: 41.5% 41.5% 2015 Black: 42.1% 42.1% 2016 Black: 44.0% 44.0% 2017 Black: 41.1% 41.1% 2018 Black: 46.3% 46.3% 2019 Black: 40.1% 40.1% 2020 Black: 40.2% 40.2% 2021 Black: 26.7% 26.7% 2022 Black: 28.5% 28.5% 2023 Black: 28.5% 28.5% 2024 Black: 26.3% 26.3% 2025 Black: 23.8% 23.8% 2013 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2014 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2015 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2016 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2017 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2018 Hispanic: 7.3% 7.3% 2019 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2020 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2021 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2022 Hispanic: 10.7% 10.7% 2023 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2024 Hispanic: 11.2% 11.2% 2025 Hispanic: 11.8% 11.8% 2013 White: 54.8% 54.8% 2014 White: 50.5% 50.5% 2015 White: 45.7% 45.7% 2016 White: 45.4% 45.4% 2017 White: 49.1% 49.1% 2018 White: 41.5% 41.5% 2019 White: 48.2% 48.2% 2020 White: 47.9% 47.9% 2021 White: 58.9% 58.9% 2022 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2023 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2024 White: 56.8% 56.8% 2025 White: 57.0% 57.0% 2013 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Total: 1,836 1,836 2014 Total: 1,738 1,738 2015 Total: 1,778 1,778 2016 Total: 1,597 1,597 2017 Total: 1,585 1,585 2018 Total: 1,513 1,513 2019 Total: 1,417 1,417 2020 Total: 1,629 1,629 2021 Total: 1,263 1,263 2022 Total: 1,111 1,111 2023 Total: 1,200 1,200 2024 Total: 1,179 1,179 2025 Total: 1,094 1,094 2013 Men: 751 751 2014 Men: 663 663 2015 Men: 703 703 2016 Men: 626 626 2017 Men: 605 605 2018 Men: 579 579 2019 Men: 527 527 2020 Men: 612 612 2021 Men: 473 473 2022 Men: 429 429 2023 Men: 417 417 2024 Men: 417 417 2025 Men: 410 410 2013 Women: 1,085 1,085 2014 Women: 1,075 1,075 2015 Women: 1,075 1,075 2016 Women: 971 971 2017 Women: 980 980 2018 Women: 934 934 2019 Women: 890 890 2020 Women: 1,017 1,017 2021 Women: 790 790 2022 Women: 682 682 2023 Women: 783 783 2024 Women: 762 762 2025 Women: 684 684

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2013 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2015 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2014 Black: 38.2% 38.2% 2015 Black: 37.5% 37.5% 2016 Black: 38.4% 38.4% 2017 Black: 37.5% 37.5% 2018 Black: 37.2% 37.2% 2019 Black: 35.6% 35.6% 2020 Black: 35.8% 35.8% 2021 Black: 26.5% 26.5% 2022 Black: 26.0% 26.0% 2023 Black: 25.3% 25.3% 2024 Black: 25.4% 25.4% 2025 Black: 24.1% 24.1% 2013 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2014 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2015 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2016 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2017 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2018 Hispanic: 7.8% 7.8% 2019 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2020 Hispanic: 7.4% 7.4% 2021 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2022 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2023 Hispanic: 12.0% 12.0% 2024 Hispanic: 12.9% 12.9% 2025 Hispanic: 12.4% 12.4% 2013 White: 55.7% 55.7% 2014 White: 53.8% 53.8% 2015 White: 52.0% 52.0% 2016 White: 51.2% 51.2% 2017 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2018 White: 51.0% 51.0% 2019 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2020 White: 53.0% 53.0% 2021 White: 59.9% 59.9% 2022 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2023 White: 56.3% 56.3% 2024 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2025 White: 56.9% 56.9% 2013 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2014 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 International: 0.6% 0.6%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Arts and Sciences 7 43% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $62,842 18 -0.42 74
Biology 7 — 43% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $62,842 32 -0.42 74 — — — — —
Professional Writing — — — — — — — — $46,503 20 -0.72 39 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Business 18 22% 61% 0% 11% 17% 11% $58,918 7 -0.97 68 100%
Business Management 18 — 22% 61% 0% 11% 17% 11% $58,918 8 -0.97 68 100% — — — —
Organizational Management — — — — — — — — $61,513 12 -1.04 72 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Education 43 12% 84% 0% 2% 7% 0% $49,373 1 -0.43 46
Elementary Education 43 — 12% 84% 0% 2% 7% 0% $49,373 31 -0.43 46 — — — — —
Special Education — — — — — — — — $51,153 26 -0.72 51 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Health Sciences 31 32% 74% 0% 6% 16% 0% $80,778 74 -0.94 90 100%
Nursing 20 — 0% 75% 0% 10% 15% 0% $77,613 3 -1.46 88 100% — — — —
Long-Term Care Administration 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,991 48 -0.22 73 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 10 — 100% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $88,988 45 +0.02 94 — — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $3,482
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $10,930
Est. In-State Cost $4,504
Est. Out-of-State Cost $14,139
ROI Percentile 73th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 39%
4-Year Graduation Rate 20%
6-Year Graduation Rate 16%
Transfer-Out Rate 51%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 6% 12% 18% 24% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Graduated: 15.0% 15.0% 2014 Graduated: 14.4% 14.4% 2015 Graduated: 13.9% 13.9% 2016 Graduated: 11.5% 11.5% 2017 Graduated: 10.1% 10.1% 2018 Graduated: 12.5% 12.5% 2019 Graduated: 13.6% 13.6% 2020 Graduated: 15.8% 15.8% 2021 Graduated: 14.3% 14.3% 2022 Graduated: 17.4% 17.4% 2023 Graduated: 20.3% 20.3% 2024 Graduated: 16.2% 16.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 7% 14% 21% 28% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Men: 10.8% 2014 Men: 12.3% 2015 Men: 13.6% 2016 Men: 6.9% 2017 Men: 9.1% 2018 Men: 8.6% 2019 Men: 12.3% 2020 Men: 13.0% 2021 Men: 10.9% 2022 Men: 14.8% 2023 Men: 15.7% 2024 Men: 13.5% 2013 Women: 18.0% 2014 Women: 15.9% 2015 Women: 14.1% 2016 Women: 14.8% 2017 Women: 10.8% 2018 Women: 15.6% 2019 Women: 14.5% 2020 Women: 17.5% 2021 Women: 16.7% 2022 Women: 19.2% 2023 Women: 23.3% 2024 Women: 17.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2013 Black: 4.9% 2014 Black: 5.1% 2015 Black: 6.1% 2016 Black: 5.5% 2017 Black: 3.3% 2018 Black: 5.0% 2019 Black: 5.6% 2020 Black: 5.3% 2021 Black: 4.7% 2022 Black: 4.8% 2023 Black: 4.4% 2024 Black: 3.1% 2013 Hispanic: 14.3% 2014 Hispanic: 9.5% 2015 Hispanic: 10.3% 2016 Hispanic: 21.6% 2017 Hispanic: 14.6% 2018 Hispanic: 22.2% 2019 Hispanic: 22.2% 2020 Hispanic: 18.6% 2021 Hispanic: 15.2% 2022 Hispanic: 25.9% 2023 Hispanic: 34.7% 2024 Hispanic: 26.3% 2013 White: 20.7% 2014 White: 19.1% 2015 White: 18.5% 2016 White: 15.8% 2017 White: 17.7% 2018 White: 18.5% 2019 White: 18.5% 2020 White: 23.9% 2021 White: 23.1% 2022 White: 29.0% 2023 White: 31.6% 2024 White: 29.1%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Education 43.4% 43 12% 84% 0% 2% 7% 0% $49,373 21 -0.43 46 — —
Health Sciences 20.2% 20 0% 75% 0% 10% 15% 0% $77,613 53 -1.46 88 100% —
Business & Economics 19.2% 19 21% 58% 0% 11% 16% 11% $59,080 4 -0.93 68 100% —
Professional 10.1% 10 100% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $88,988 88 +0.02 94 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 7.1% 7 43% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $62,842 27 -0.42 74 — —

Sports

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 36 $95K $103K -$8K
Basketball 15 $92K $101K -$9K
Total 48 $187K $205K -$17K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 18 $64K $54K $9K
Softball 14 $78K $57K $21K
Total 31 $142K $111K $31K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 36 $95K $103K -$8K
Soccer 18 $64K $54K $9K
Basketball 15 $92K $101K -$9K
Softball 14 $78K $57K $21K
Total 79 $333K $333K $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional