Employment and earnings outcomes of Georgia's graduates from colleges/universities : Georgia higher learning & earnings snapshot

Employment and Earnings Outcomes of Georgia s Graduates from Colleges/Universities

By 2025 over 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will likely require some form of a college education whether a certificate associate s degree or bachelor s degree.1 Expected earnings are an important factor in making the decision on whether to pursue a certain program of study (major) but these data have not previously been publicly available. The Georgia Higher Learning and Earnings Snapshot previews earnings information for Georgia technical college and college/university graduates who work in Georgia after earning their degree. The full report and an interactive dashboard are available at learnearn.gosa.ga.gov.

Generally students who earn higher education certificates or degrees earn more than those who do not.2 In addition earning degrees beyond a bachelor s typically leads to higher earnings than those who have just a bachelor s degree.3
Certificates require the shortest length of time to earn in many cases less than a year depending on how many classes a student takes at once. Associate s degrees typically take at least two years of full-time study and bachelor s degrees take at least four years of full-time study. All degree types beyond bachelor s on the chart below require a student to have at least a bachelor s degree before he/she can start the program.

$100 000 $90 000

Median Earnings by Degree Category

$94 034

$80 000

$73 356$73 350

$70 000 $60 000

$65 373

$59 790 $63 533

$63 078

$50 000

$51 542 $45 299

$39 469

$40 000

$30 175 $33 640

$34 362

$30 000 $25 565

$20 000

$10 000

$0

Certificate Associate s Bachelor s Master s Education

PhD

Specialist

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

Professional

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Earnings Differ Widely by Program of Study
There is a wide variety of median earnings within each of these categories. The graphs below show the first and fifth year earnings for the five most popular and the five highest earning certificates associate s bachelor s and master s degrees.

Earnings by Most Popular Certificates

$40 000 $35 000 $30 000 $25 000 $20 000 $15 000

$20 855 $16 088

$27 086 $22 980

$28 556 $25 475

$34 212 $29 080

$36 899 $29 171

$10 000

$5 000

$0

Personal and Culinary Business and Related Health Professions Precision Production Mechanic and Repair

Services

Services

and Related

Technologies

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$45 000 $40 000 $35 000 $30 000 $25 000 $20 000 $15 000 $10 000
$5 000 $0

Earnings by Highest Earning Certificates

$34 739 $29 050

$34 212 $29 080

$36 899 $29 171

$38 189 $29 910

Transportation and Precision Production Mechanic and Repair Construction Trades

Materials Moving

Technologies

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$38 550 $31 941
Engineering Technologies and
Related Fields

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$60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000 $20 000

Earnings by Most Popular Associate s

$31 742 $24 493

$32 732 $27 265

$34 481 $29 465

$40 519 $32 305

$50 954 $46 847

$10 000

$0

General Studies and Business and Related Law Enforcement and Computer and Health Professions

Humanities

Services

Related Services Information Sciences and Related

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000

Earnings by Highest Earning Associate s

$34 481 $29 465

$40 519 $32 305

$42 819 $35 958

$50 853 $37 623

$50 954 $46 847

$20 000

$10 000

$0

Law Enforcement and Computer and

Engineering Mechanic and Repair Health Professions

Related Services Information Sciences Technologies and Technologies

and Related

Related Fields

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

3

$70 000 $60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000 $20 000 $10 000
$0

Earnings by Most Popular Bachelor s

$34 889 $24 756

$39 579 $28 538

$39 972 $33 837

$51 293 $38 683

$57 480 $52 867

Psychology

Social Sciences

Education

Business and Related Health Professions

Services

and Related

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$90 000 $80 000 $70 000 $60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000 $20 000 $10 000
$0

Earnings by Highest Earning Bachelor s

$54 955 $40 901

$63 417 $49 690

$68 517 $51 513

$57 480 $52 867

Architecture and Related Services

Engineering

Computer and Health Professions

Technologies and Information Sciences and Related

Related Fields

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$76 979 $60 160
Engineering

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Earnings by Most Popular Master s

$100 000 $90 000 $80 000 $70 000 $60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000 $20 000 $10 000 $0

$47 026 $38 448
Public Administration and
Social Services

$52 493 $47 218
Education

$72 107 $63 410

$93 612 $69 404

$88 437 $72 334

Health Professions Business and Related Computer and

and Related

Services

Information Sciences

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

$100 000 $90 000 $80 000 $70 000 $60 000 $50 000 $40 000 $30 000 $20 000 $10 000 $0

Earnings by Highest Earning Master s
$93 612

$59 600 $51 840

$64 533 $52 159

$72 107 $63 410

$69 404

$88 437 $72 334

Social Sciences

Architecture and Related Services

Health Professions Business and Related Computer and

and Related

Support Services Information Sciences

Programs

One Year After Graduation

Five Years After Graduation

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