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Clayton State University
Morrow, GA · Public · 4,348 students · mostly bachelor degrees
25th-cheapest of 127 Georgia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$8,365
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$17,415
Graduation rate
40%
Admission rate
68%
Median graduate earnings
$49,179
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$25,706
Average SAT
958
Pell grant recipients
52%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
51 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree5 grads/yr$128,972Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree75 grads/yr$96,160Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$94,876Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$75,397Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree169 grads/yr$72,025Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$67,899Accounting · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$63,862Dental Assisting/Assistant · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$63,402Information Science/Studies · Associate's Degree16 grads/yr$63,006Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree90 grads/yr$58,740Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$57,400Legal Assistant/Paralegal · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma22 grads/yr$55,971Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree3 grads/yr$55,643Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$53,042Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$50,131General Studies · Bachelor's Degree52 grads/yr$50,110Legal Assistant/Paralegal · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$49,897Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$47,627General Studies · Associate's Degree34 grads/yr$46,135Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$42,146Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Bachelor's Degree78 grads/yr$42,032Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$40,300Health and Wellness, General · Bachelor's Degree117 grads/yr$40,140Documentary Production · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$36,510English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$31,053
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.