Georgia Southern University Finance (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Finance and Financial Management Services
- Public university
- Statesboro, GA
- About 113 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Georgia Southern University finance graduates earn about what finance graduates earn nationally, $50,753 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $24,656 in federal loans, close to the national median of $23,250. Several Georgia programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Georgia and national columns are the medians across all finance bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Georgia Southern University graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as the Georgia median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Georgia finance program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Georgia medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 39% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $3,030 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $261 a month, or 6.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 27 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $17,138.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
77% of graduates (102 of 133) were working in Georgia one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Georgia outside metro areas are about 13% below the national average, so a $50,753 salary here buys what about $58,348 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to finance, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$103,730Median pay in Georgia. 111,060 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Financial Managers
$166,790Median pay in Georgia. 21,390 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 65,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
$59,990Median pay in Georgia. 14,950 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 35,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Financial and Investment Analysts
$99,420Median pay in Georgia. 9,780 people work in this job in Georgia. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Georgia Southern University
Finance ranks 12th of 47 bachelor's programs at Georgia Southern University by first-year earnings. The top three are Manufacturing Engineering ($83,438), Electrical Engineering ($75,859), and Nursing ($72,741).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $50,753 one year after graduating and $70,551 five years after. The median across finance bachelor's programs in Georgia is $51,044.
The median federal loan balance is $24,656, which ranks 5th lowest of 9 finance bachelor's programs in Georgia. That works out to about $261 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 49% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%. Compare the cost with other Georgia programs before deciding.
Most do. 77% (102 of 133) were working in Georgia one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Georgia comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the finance program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024