Valdosta State University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 96 Title IV programs, 36 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 4 fail. 56 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing36 · 37.5%
- No Data56 · 58.3%
- Failing4 · 4.2%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 10
Action history · 9
- Jul 2023Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,560 students received $27.7M in Pell grants, alongside $55.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,294 borrowers who entered repayment, 106 (3.2%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Valdosta State
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus19
Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Centennial Hall1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Valdosta State vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Valdosta State selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectValdosta State University | 42% | — | 10,262 | $10,945 | Doctoral/Professional |
| 43% | 51.6% | 14,337 | $12,786 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 50% | 81.1% | 11,775 | $14,265 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 60% | 81.8% | 11,686 | $13,315 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 53% | 89.5% | 10,112 | $16,511 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 53% | 84.8% | 8,601 | $13,466 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| Peer group median | 52% | 81.8% | 10,974 | $13,391 |
Institutions like Valdosta State
Explore the federal data for institutions in Valdosta State's comparison group.
- Doctoral/ProfessionalGeorgia
University of West Georgia
Grad rate43%Admit rate51.6%Enrollment14,337Net price$12,786View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalTennessee
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Grad rate50%Admit rate81.1%Enrollment11,775Net price$14,265View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalNorth Carolina
Western Carolina University
Grad rate60%Admit rate81.8%Enrollment11,686Net price$13,315View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalArkansas
University of Central Arkansas
Grad rate53%Admit rate89.5%Enrollment10,112Net price$16,511View data - Doctoral/ProfessionalLouisiana
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Grad rate53%Admit rate84.8%Enrollment8,601Net price$13,466View data
Valdosta State Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Strategic Research & Analysis facilitates the collection, governance, analysis, interpretation, and strategic utilization of institutional data and operational systems to support strategic planning, enrollment management, student success initiatives, compliance reporting, and informed decision-making across the university.
Visit IR office page- Dr. Barrie D. FitzgeraldDeputy Chief Officer
- Nijah E. BryantSr. Data Science Developer
- Rawa QaffafIT Business Analyst
- Virginia WilsonResearch Analyst
Common Data Set
Valdosta State's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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