Valdosta State University
Common Data Set 2025-26
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Federal outcomes
Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.
$49,361
10 yrs after enrollment
42%
6-year completion
$10,945
sticker minus grants
$24,779
federal loans only
All Extracted Fields
43fields parsed from this CDS.
General Information
1 TABLECertificateX
AssociateX
Terminal AssociateX
Bachelor'sX
Master'sX
Post-master's certificateX
First-Time, First-Year Admission
3 TABLESACTX
APX
ACT Composite: Below 6100
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?Yes
Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?Yes
If yes, maximum period of postponement:-
Transfer Admission
1 TABLEMust a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?Yes
Academic Offerings and Policies
2 TABLESDistance learningX
Honors ProgramX
Independent studyX
Weekend collegeX
Foreign languagesX
MathematicsX
Student Life
2 TABLESCampus MinistriesX
Choral groupsX
Concert bandX
DanceX
Drama/theaterX
International Student OrganizationX
Jazz bandX
Literary magazineX
Marching bandX
Model UNX
Music ensemblesX
Musical theaterX
OperaX
Pep bandX
Student governmentX
Student newspaperX
Student-run film societyX
Symphony orchestraX
Coed residence hallsX
Apartments for single studentsX
Fraternity/sorority housingX
Theme housingX
Financial Aid
1 TABLEIf your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:I.INSTRUCTIONALFACULTYANDCLASSSIZE I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members ineach category for Fall 202 . Include facultywhoareonyourinstitution’spayrollonthecensusdateyourinstitutionusesforIPEDS/AAUP. Thefollowingdefinitionoffull-timeinstructionalfacultyisusedbytheAmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions: Full-time Part-time Includeonly Instructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not iftheyteach A paid(e.g.,thosewhodonatetheirservicesorareinthemilitary),orresearch- Exclude oneormore only faculty, post-doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows non-clinical credit courses Include if Administrativeofficerswithtitlessuchasdeanofstudents,librarian,registrar, they teach B coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to Exclude oneormore classroom instruction and may have faculty status non-clinical credit courses C Otheradministrators/staffwhoteachoneormorenon-clinicalcreditcourses Exclude Include even though they do not have faculty status D Undergraduateorgraduatestudentswhoassistintheinstructionofcourses, Exclude Exclude but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like E Facultyonsabbaticalorleavewithpay Include Exclude F Facultyonleavewithoutpay Exclude Exclude G Replacementfacultyforfacultyonsabbaticalleaveorleavewithpay Exclude Include facultyemployedon a full-timebasisforinstruction(includingthosewithreleased timefor research) Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instruction faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty. : includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. : includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration.Alsoincludesterminaldegreesformerly designatedas“firstprofessional,”includingdentistry(DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD). : a master’s degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater). Full-time Part-time Total A Totalnumberofinstructionalfaculty B Totalnumberwhoaremembersofminoritygroups C Totalnumberwhoarewomen D Totalnumberwhoaremen E Totalnumberwhoarenonresident (international) F Totalnumberwithdoctorate,orotherterminaldegree G Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeis a master’sbutnota terminal master’s H Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeis a bachelor’s I Totalnumberwhosehighestdegreeisunknownorother(Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.) J Totalnumberinstand-alonegraduate/professionalprogramsin which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students I-2. StudenttoFacultyRatio Donotcountundergraduateorgraduatestudentteachingassistantsasfaculty. Fall202 StudenttoFacultyratio: to 1 (basedon studentsand faculty) I-3.UndergraduateClassSize Inthetablebelow,please usethefollowingdefinitionstoreportinformationaboutthesizeofclassesandclass sections offered in the Fall202 term. NumberofClassSectionswithUndergraduatesEnrolled UndergraduateClassSize(providenumbers) 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASS SECTIONS 2-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 100+ Total CLASSSUB- SECTIONS J.DisciplinaryareasofDEGREESCONFERRED DegreesconferredbetweenJuly1,202 andJune30,202 Foreachofthefollowingdisciplineareas,providethepercentageofdiplomas/certificates,associate,andbachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st MajorsandtheGrandTotalby 2 ndmajorasthedenominator.Ifyouprefer,youcancomputethepercentagesusing 1st majors only. Diploma/ CIP202 Category Certificates Associate Bachelor's Categories to Include Agriculture 01 Naturalresourcesandconservation 03 Architecture 04 Area,ethnic,andgenderstudies 05 Communication/journalism 09 Communication technologies 10 Computerandinformationsciences 11 Personalandculinaryservices 12 Education 13 Engineering 14 Engineeringtechnologies 15 Foreignlanguages,literatures,andlinguistics 16 Familyandconsumersciences 19 Law/legalstudies 22 English 23 Liberalarts/generalstudies 24 Libraryscience 25 Biological/lifesciences 26 Mathematicsandstatistics 27 Militaryscienceandmilitarytechnologies 28and29 Interdisciplinary studies 30 Parksandrecreation 31 Philosophyandreligiousstudies 38 Theologyandreligiousvocations 39 Physicalsciences 40 Sciencetechnologies 41 Psychology 42 Diploma/ CIP202 Category Certificates Associate Bachelor's Categories to Include HomelandSecurity,lawenforcement,firefighting,and 43 protective servicesprotective servicesprotective servicesprotective services Publicadministrationandsocialservices 44 Socialsciences 45 Constructiontrades 46 Mechanicandrepairtechnologies 47 Precisionproduction 48 Transportationandmaterialsmoving 49 Visualandperformingarts 50 Healthprofessionsandrelatedprograms 51 Business/marketing 52 History 54 Other TOTAL(shouldbe = 100%)