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Georgia Gwinnett College

Lawrenceville, Georgia · Large suburb

95.5%
Admit rate
$15,844
Avg net price
21%
Graduation rate
$47,730
Median earnings

Georgia Gwinnett College is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Lawrenceville, Georgia (large suburb setting), enrolling 11,344 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicMidsize · 11,344 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 96% admitNAIA Division ICold winters

About Lawrenceville, Georgia

Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. Lawrenceville was incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1821. This makes Lawrenceville the second oldest city in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The Old Seminary Building, Isaac Adair House and Gwinnett County Courthouse in Lawrenceville are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
27 miles to Atlanta, GA
To the ocean
207 miles
Nearest airport
18 miles to DeKalb Peachtree (PDK)

How Georgia Gwinnett College compares

Selectivity95.5%

More selective than 12% · #42 most selective of 46 in Georgia

Graduation rate21%

Higher than 7% · #46 of 54 in Georgia

First-year retention63%

Higher than 17%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,730

Higher than 32% · #25 of 54 in Georgia

Average net price$15,844

Cheaper than 69% · #20 cheapest of 54 in Georgia

Median debt at graduation$20,076

Lower than 74%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 14%

Undergraduate enrollment11,344

Larger than 90%

Percentiles compare Georgia Gwinnett College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Georgia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

11,344undergrads
  • Women6,76660%
  • Men4,57840%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White19%
  • Black33%
  • Hispanic28%
  • Asian11%
  • Other or multiracial8.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
11,344
Student–faculty ratio
19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
52%
First-generation students
36%
Students over 25
18%
Median family income
$27,959
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$72,990

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 2,713 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Georgia98%
  • Other U.S. states1.0%
  • International0.9%

Most first-years stay in state — Georgia Gwinnett College draws overwhelmingly from Georgia.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
95.5%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,532
Out-of-state tuition
$13,844
Room & board
$15,220
Books & supplies
$1,420
Total cost of attendance
$22,547
Average net price
$15,844

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)
21%
Graduated on time (4 years)
6%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
38%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,756
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$47,730
Median debt at graduation
$20,076
Students with federal loans
25%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
28%

About 16% 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
6%
Low-income (Pell)
3%
First-generation
3%

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
Yes
Dorm capacity
990
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
9%
Housing charge (year)
$11,266
Meal plan (year)
$4,046
Application fee
$30
Athletics
NAIA Division I
Varsity athletes
131 (74 men · 57 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (4)

Soccer54
Baseball38
Softball23
Tennis16

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.6 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
19
Property offenses (2022–2024)
3

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (12,230 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.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

7.3reported offenses a year
6.3 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
3.7
Rape
1.7
Burglary
1.0
Robbery
0.7
Aggravated assault
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$14,356
$30–48k
$14,738
$48–75k
$16,572
$75–110k
$19,095
$110k+
$20,986

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
$84,280

$16,572/year × about 5.1 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.

6%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,845
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 6% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,845. 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 1,918 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)
$47,730
Typical debt at graduation
$20,076
Debt vs. one year's pay
42%
Out-earn a HS grad
59%

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
$44,342
Men
$52,401

Men out-earn women by $8,059 (18%) 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
89°F
Winter low
32°F
Annual rain
50.9″
Annual snow
0.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Winder 4S, GA US station (16.4 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.