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Augusta University
Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA · Public · 5,613 students · mostly bachelor degrees
6 colleges in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) →
48th-cheapest of 127 Georgia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,787
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$23,524
Graduation rate
49%
Admission rate
86%
Median graduate earnings
$48,472
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$20,500
Average SAT
1070
Median ACT
25
Pell grant recipients
39%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Cost & value — our estimates
not official Scorecard figuresTrue annual cost
$22,967
net price + a year of local rent
Payback
3 yr
earnings boost to cover 4 yrs of cost
Earnings premium / $
1.34×
grad earnings over a HS grad, per $ of net price
Worked out by CollegeAtlasUSA from Scorecard net price and earnings plus U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis regional prices. See how true cost is estimated and how payback is estimated.
Fields of study
127 programsDentistry · First Professional Degree96 grads/yr$196,587Dental Public Health Residency Program · Graduate/Professional Certificate$173,506Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Master's Degree51 grads/yr$125,885Clinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree8 grads/yr$113,495Medicine · First Professional Degree218 grads/yr$99,481Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree141 grads/yr$90,561Environmental Health · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$89,528Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$83,306Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$83,000Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree57 grads/yr$82,965Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$80,274Medical Informatics · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$80,046Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma63 grads/yr$78,150Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree165 grads/yr$78,004Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Graduate/Professional Certificate40 grads/yr$75,541Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$72,773Accounting · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$67,666Public Administration · Master's Degree14 grads/yr$66,362Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree0 grads/yr$66,311Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree45 grads/yr$65,984Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree43 grads/yr$65,163Curriculum and Instruction · Master's Degree49 grads/yr$65,017Dental Assisting/Assistant · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$61,584Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Post-baccalaureate Certificate$61,401Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$58,583
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.