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# University of North Georgia Career Outcomes & Earnings

Updated September 30, 2026

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## How much do University of North Georgia graduates earn?

The reported median is $55,974 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is \-$9,636 per year.

At University of North Georgia, the earnings picture falls below both the model and comparable institutions. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 27th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $9,695 less than the model expects for similar students. [Earnings beyond expectations](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/), the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 20th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,710. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $18,405.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,974 four years after completion, in the 36th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, with earnings $9,636 below it.

Program choice makes a wide difference in the earnings scenarios at University of North Georgia. The downside earnings scenario is $45,940, the typical scenario is $55,974, and the upside scenario is $79,434.

These are scenarios based on the program mix, not observed groups of graduates. At the higher end, median earnings four years after completion are $90,765 in Computer and Information Sciences, $81,887 in Nursing, and $77,821 in Information Science/Studies.

Those program results show why a schoolwide median does not describe every path.

An estimated 28.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings measure.

**Median earnings · four years after completion**
$55,974

**Rank for difference from expectations**
20th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

**University of North Georgia reported median**
$55,974

**Peer schools comparable schools · $9,636 above University of North Georgia**
$65,610

**Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $9,695 above University of North Georgia**
$65,669

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. [How the model works](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

## How many University of North Georgia students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

**Returned the following fall**
75.8%

**Completed within six years**
49.4%

**Pell recipients completed within six years**
48.2%

Source: University of North Georgia Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

## How could earnings differ from the median?

The planning scenarios range from $45,940 to $79,434, around the reported median of $55,974. Compare the lower scenario with [University of North Georgia borrowing and monthly payments](/school/university-of-north-georgia/cost/) to see how a smaller income could change your plan.

Modeled from the school’s program mix; not salary percentiles or a forecast for one graduate.

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

**Lower estimate**
$45,940

**Median · reported**
$55,974

**Higher estimate**
$79,434

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

[Why the downside matters](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. [Read about the move to four-year earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/).

## Do University of North Georgia graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls [value added](/methodology/#value-added).

University of North Georgia graduates’ reported earnings are $9,695 below that expectation, the 20th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of North Georgia caused a student to earn. [Read how expected earnings are estimated](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/).

What explains value-added earnings?

**Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.**
+$8,710

**Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.**
\-$18,405

**Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.**
\-$9,695

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

## Which fields at University of North Georgia report the highest earnings?

Nursing pairs a large number of degrees awarded with higher earnings: 209 degrees awarded and median earnings of $81,887 four years after completion. Computer and Information Sciences recorded the highest median among these fields, $90,765, across 70 degrees awarded.

These figures put health and computing at the higher-earning end of the university's major programs. Human Services had median earnings of $43,810 with 22 degrees awarded; [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #18 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Information Science/Studies had median earnings of $77,821 and 26 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #34 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The selected fields range from lower to very high earnings.

Business accounts for 20.2% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, and University of North Georgia has 24 nationally ranked programs. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) Human Services #18 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

It awarded 22 degrees and its completers had median earnings of $43,810 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks Information Science/Studies #34 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The program awarded 26 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $77,821 four years after completion. These ranked fields show different award volumes and earnings figures, making field choice especially relevant here.

Highest reported four-year program earnings

**Computer and Information Sciences, General**
$90,765

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
$81,887

**Information Science/Studies**
$77,821

**Mathematics**
$73,220

**Accounting and Related Services**
$70,468

**International Relations and National Security Studies**
$67,692

**Finance and Financial Management Services**
$67,554

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
$63,973

[Explore University of North Georgia program cohorts and field ranks](/school/university-of-north-georgia/majors/#largest-cohorts) for more context.

## Further analysis

Field choice shapes a wide modeled earnings range. In scenarios grounded in the program mix, downside earnings are $45,940, the typical scenario is $55,974, and the upside is $79,434.

Computer and Information Sciences reaches $90,765 four years after completion, while Research and Experimental Psychology is the lowest-earning largest program at $47,919.

The earnings picture for University of North Georgia graduates sits below both the peer median and what the model expects for similar students. Four years after completion, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,974.

That figure sits at the 36th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median is $9,636 below the $65,610 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Graduates earn about $9,695 less than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 20th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix run from $45,940 on the downside to $79,434 on the upside, with $55,974 as the typical outcome. These figures draw on an earnings cohort of 2,788 completers.

An estimated 28.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).