Master's · Athens, Georgia
Is Public Administration at University of Georgia worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,311
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $88,589
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,057
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $28k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.8 years (likely 2.9–5.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $69k (likely −$19k – $163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $435k (likely $237k – $671k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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Public Administration at other schools in Georgia
- Georgia College & State University$83,890
- Georgia State University$79,793
- Valdosta State University$68,427
- Augusta University$66,362
- Kennesaw State University$63,462
- University of West Georgia$63,152
- Strayer University-Georgia$62,227
- Clark Atlanta University$59,522
- Clayton State University$59,252
- Georgia Southern University$56,622