Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, Georgia · Public

Of 81 assessed programs, 79 leave graduates out-earning a typical Georgia high-school graduate (about $33,813/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 92 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,235
$30k to $48k	$12,661
$48k to $75k	$15,185
$75k to $110k	$18,263
$110k and up	$19,309
All families (average)	$15,048

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

81 of 173 programs could be assessed 47% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Georgia high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,645	+$16,832	clears the bar	$24,000	1.4 yrs	448
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$70,708	+$36,895	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	290
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$88,860	+$55,047	clears the bar	$24,962	0.5 yrs	259
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$51,386	+$17,573	clears the bar	$25,000	1.4 yrs	256
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,435	+$23,622	clears the bar	$24,968	1.1 yrs	246
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$133,753	+$99,940	clears the bar	$40,225	0.4 yrs	241
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$87,935	+$54,122	clears the bar	$18,750	0.3 yrs	240
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$55,897	+$22,084	clears the bar	$22,091	1.0 yrs	237
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$77,710	+$43,897	clears the bar	$24,892	0.6 yrs	232
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$83,249	+$49,436	clears the bar	$24,976	0.5 yrs	229
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$72,089	+$38,276	clears the bar	$22,211	0.6 yrs	216
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$96,481	+$62,668	clears the bar	$20,125	0.3 yrs	200
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$64,501	+$30,688	clears the bar	$22,660	0.7 yrs	187
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,915	+$21,102	clears the bar	$24,340	1.2 yrs	176
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$63,371	+$29,558	clears the bar	$25,750	0.9 yrs	173
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$81,002	+$47,189	clears the bar	$24,355	0.5 yrs	168
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$55,033	+$21,220	clears the bar	$21,128	1.0 yrs	160
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$47,723	+$13,910	clears the bar	$25,500	1.8 yrs	128
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	$93,910	+$60,097	clears the bar	$26,000	0.4 yrs	117
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$103,054	+$69,241	clears the bar	$23,250	0.3 yrs	116
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$106,491	+$72,678	clears the bar	$41,000	0.6 yrs	109
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,935	+$63,122	clears the bar	$26,041	0.4 yrs	103
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$61,971	+$28,158	clears the bar	$23,850	0.8 yrs	92
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$70,302	+$36,489	clears the bar	$33,950	0.9 yrs	86
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$52,657	+$18,844	clears the bar	$24,357	1.3 yrs	86
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$84,364	+$50,551	clears the bar	$23,877	0.5 yrs	82
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$83,012	+$49,199	clears the bar	$24,493	0.5 yrs	78
English	Bachelor's Degree	$50,587	+$16,774	clears the bar	$24,562	1.5 yrs	74
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,125	+$18,312	clears the bar	$27,250	1.5 yrs	71
Human Services	Bachelor's Degree	$47,540	+$13,727	clears the bar	$26,955	2.0 yrs	59
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$47,221	+$13,408	clears the bar	$22,312	1.7 yrs	56
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Bachelor's Degree	$89,729	+$55,916	clears the bar	$28,801	0.5 yrs	55
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$54,360	+$20,547	clears the bar	$21,506	1.0 yrs	54
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$83,083	+$49,270	clears the bar	$23,000	0.5 yrs	54
Computer Science	Master's Degree	$117,931	+$84,118	clears the bar	$41,000	0.5 yrs	53
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$72,645 1-year earnings	+$38,832	clears the bar	$28,437	0.7 yrs	53
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	$70,752	+$36,939	clears the bar	$31,000	0.8 yrs	48
Nursing	Master's Degree	$123,603	+$89,790	clears the bar	$30,750	0.3 yrs	48
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$134,232	+$100,419	clears the bar	$35,556	0.4 yrs	46
History	Bachelor's Degree	$43,954	+$10,141	clears the bar	$25,500	2.5 yrs	46
Systems Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$89,696	+$55,883	clears the bar	$21,571	0.4 yrs	45
Computer Programming	Bachelor's Degree	$67,437	+$33,624	clears the bar	$24,862	0.7 yrs	42
Visual and Performing Arts, General	Bachelor's Degree	$27,636 1-year earnings	-$6,177	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$38,348	+$4,535	clears the bar	$24,980	5.5 yrs	42
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$61,665	+$27,852	clears the bar	$25,250	0.9 yrs	40
Social Work	Master's Degree	$59,764	+$25,951	clears the bar	$41,000	1.6 yrs	39
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$95,958	+$62,145	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	38
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$56,784	+$22,971	clears the bar	$19,901	0.9 yrs	38
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$53,044	+$19,231	clears the bar	$35,625	1.9 yrs	37
Accounting	Master's Degree	$102,127	+$68,314	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	36
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$60,031	+$26,218	clears the bar	$21,500	0.8 yrs	32
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$70,490	+$36,677	clears the bar	$36,750	1.0 yrs	31
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$68,762	+$34,949	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$63,462	+$29,649	clears the bar	$38,500	1.3 yrs	31
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$79,147	+$45,334	clears the bar	$19,375	0.4 yrs	28
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$18,888 1-year earnings	-$14,925	falls short	$21,842	insufficient data	26
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$51,417	+$17,604	clears the bar	$28,500	1.6 yrs	24
Statistics	Master's Degree	$100,810	+$66,997	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,736	+$37,923	clears the bar	$19,750	0.5 yrs	24
Systems Engineering	Master's Degree	$108,404	+$74,591	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$91,329	+$57,516	clears the bar	$29,375	0.5 yrs	23
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$59,054	+$25,241	clears the bar	$23,625	0.9 yrs	22
Medical Illustration and Informatics	Master's Degree	$77,083 1-year earnings	+$43,270	clears the bar	$40,668	0.9 yrs	22
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$78,523	+$44,710	clears the bar	$26,000	0.6 yrs	22
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,179	+$13,366	clears the bar	$21,500	1.6 yrs	21
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$61,701 1-year earnings	+$27,888	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Master's Degree	$57,455	+$23,642	clears the bar	$30,750	1.3 yrs	19
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$50,007 1-year earnings	+$16,194	clears the bar	$20,750	1.3 yrs	17
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	Master's Degree	$123,113	+$89,300	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$55,016	+$21,203	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Teacher Education (by level)	Doctoral Degree	$98,046	+$64,233	clears the bar	$61,813	1.0 yrs	10
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$79,833	+$46,020	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Doctoral Degree	$82,741	+$48,928	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$49,957	+$16,144	clears the bar	$27,000	1.7 yrs	4
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	$117,169 1-year earnings	+$83,356	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$105,134	+$71,321	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$57,755	+$23,942	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$59,675	+$25,862	clears the bar	$26,988	1.0 yrs	insufficient data
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$76,243	+$42,430	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$42,832	+$9,019	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$78,034	+$44,221	clears the bar	$24,125	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	103
Security Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	101
Security Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	87
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	79
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	68
Curriculum and Instruction	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	56
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Computer Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Data Analytics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Music	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$24,200	insufficient data	22
Interdisciplinary Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Educational Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Computer Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Public Relations and Advertising	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
International Relations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Construction Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Special Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Security Science and Technology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Construction Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Engineering-Related Fields	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Business Administration	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Data Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Business	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Data Analytics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Construction Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Journalism	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Systems Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Area Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Public Relations and Advertising	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer Software and Media Applications	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Housing and Human Environments	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Philosophy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($33,813/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.