Public · Community college

Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Atlanta, Georgia · Large city

38%
Transfer rate
$5,258
Avg net price
17%
Grad / completion
$33,252
Median earnings

Atlanta Metropolitan State College is a public associate-granting institution in Atlanta, Georgia (large city setting), enrolling 1,228 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,228 undergradsLarge city

About Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers in North Georgia, the indigenous Creek people, Cherokee people, and their ancestors inhabited the area. Atlanta has drawn residents from many other parts of the U.S., in addition to many recent immigrants to the U.S. who have made the metropolitan area their home, establishing Atlanta as the cultural and economic hub of an increasingly multi-cultural metropolitan area. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
3 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean
221 miles
Nearest airport
5 miles to Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta (ATL) · major hub

How Atlanta Metropolitan State College compares

Graduation rate17%

Higher than 3% · #67 of 72 in Georgia

First-year retention45%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,252

Higher than 44% · #26 of 66 in Georgia

Average net price$5,258

Cheaper than 90% · #11 cheapest of 73 in Georgia

Median debt at graduation$14,123

Lower than 17%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment1,228

Larger than 75%

Percentiles compare Atlanta Metropolitan State College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Georgia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

1,228undergrads
  • Women77263%
  • Men45637%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White1.6%
  • Black88%
  • Hispanic5.1%
  • Asian0.8%
  • Other or multiracial4.8%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,228
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
53%
First-generation students
39%
Students over 25
47%
Median family income
$16,404
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$60,012
Endowment
$683,471

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$3,248
Out-of-state tuition
$10,400
Room & board
$11,994
Books & supplies
$1,350
Total cost of attendance
$11,740
Average net price
$5,258

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
17%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
45%
Transferred to another college
38%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$26,849
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$33,252
Median debt at graduation
$14,123
Students with federal loans
33%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
17%

About 17% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
12%
First-generation
13%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Meal plan (year)
$600
Application fee
$20

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,549 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$4,288
$30–48k
$4,184
$48–75k
$8,387
$75–110k
$10,270
$110k+
$11,740

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$46,129

$8,387/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

1%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,249
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,249. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 136 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$33,252
Typical debt at graduation
$14,123
Debt vs. one year's pay
42%
Out-earn a HS grad
35%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$32,083
Men
$37,276

Men out-earn women by $5,193 (16%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
36°F
Annual rain
50.4″
Annual snow
2.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Atlanta Hartsfield Intl AP, GA US station (5.9 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.