Bachelor's · Savannah, Georgia

Is Architectural Sciences and Technology at Savannah College of Art and Design 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $58,054; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $68,800; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $22,733; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $213k (likely $213k – $272k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $32k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.1 years (likely 6.9–12.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$114k (likely −$245k – $1k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $278k (likely $53k – $523k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 70%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

AP Calculus AB or BC
AP Physics 1
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Chemistry

IB Higher Level

Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL
Physics HL

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