Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $52,160, in the 24th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That is $5,141 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 68th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,388. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $1,411. Azimuth places the return pillar at the 37th percentile.
At Dalton State College, the median earnings four years after finishing is $52,160 among 771 federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. That median lands at the 24th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Compared with the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size), that salary is $5,141 below. Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students.
Azimuth places that figure in the 68th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $44,861 on the downside to $74,782 on the upside, with $52,160 as the typical outcome.
An estimated 31.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $52,160 four years after completing a degree, at the 24th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $57,301, leaving Dalton State College $5,141 below that level.
Azimuth ranks Dalton State College #923 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students.
That outcome sits at the 68th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,388.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $1,411. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $84.
Degrees cluster heavily in business, education and biological sciences, with a smaller presence in STEM fields. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, run from $44,861 on the downside to $74,782 on the upside.
An estimated 31.3% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a spread: from $44,861 on the downside to $74,782 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the higher end, Nursing graduates earn $84,253 four years after completion, from 27 degrees awarded a year. Accounting follows at $66,902, with 25 degrees awarded. The largest program, Teacher Education, sits lower at $45,604.
The published cost of attendance at Dalton State College is $12,719 (an average across living arrangements), though the average aid recipient pays far less after grants and scholarships. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,012.
That figure sits $9,056 below the $14,068 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The typical federal debt for borrowers who finish is $12,937, below the $21,229 median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
Repaying that balance if repaid over ten years would cost an estimated $147 a month. Graduates earn about $3,977 more than the model expects for similar students. For parents who borrow, the median Parent PLUS balance is $8,848.