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Bachelor's · Carrollton, Georgia

Is Biology, General at University of West Georgia worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 6.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$35,322
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$50,754
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$21,194
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$50k (likely $50k – $69k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6.7 years (likely 5.3–9.1)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$98k (likely −$167k – −$45k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$88k (likely −$33k – $211k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
44%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
≤ 10% / ≤ 10%
NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Biology HL
  • Chemistry HL

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