University of West Georgia Rankings Based on Salary

- University of West Georgia ranks better than only 35% of colleges, based on bachelor's salaries.
- University of West Georgia ranks better than only 27% of colleges, based on debt for a bachelor's degree.
Salary and Debt by Major at University of West Georgia
We calculated a salary score for each of University of West Georgia's programs by comparing program-specific median alumni earnings to median alumni earnings for the same program across all schools that provide this data. This way, students can compare the relative salary strength of a specific major at University of West Georgia to the same major at other schools. A school's overall score by level is a weighted average of all of its program scores. Data is sourced from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard and was last updated in December 2020. It reflects median alumni debt upon graduation and median alumni earnings in the year after graduation for students who received federal financial aid.
Salary Scores for UWG Bachelor's Degrees
UWG ranks higher than 35% of colleges for bachelor's degrees, based on salary.
Field of Study | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Accounting and Related Services | $25,000 | $46,087 |
Biology, General | $26,750 | $26,868 |
Business Administration, Management and Operations | $23,750 | $41,859 |
Chemistry | $25,000 | $41,193 |
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | $24,469 | $19,358 |
Computer and Information Sciences, General | $26,201 | $58,402 |
Criminology | $26,000 | $33,592 |
Economics | $25,250 | $31,670 |
English Language and Literature, General | $26,000 | $27,639 |
Finance and Financial Management Services | $25,000 | $42,682 |
Fine and Studio Arts | $31,000 | $24,863 |
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | $27,799 | $40,821 |
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | $28,500 | $15,552 |
History | $25,500 | $26,933 |
Journalism | $28,000 | $26,086 |
Management Information Systems and Services | $29,625 | $35,518 |
Marketing | $26,000 | $40,295 |
Mathematics | $21,000 | $39,369 |
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | $24,250 | $32,094 |
Political Science and Government | $26,000 | $22,192 |
Psychology, General | $28,817 | $26,005 |
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | $24,000 | $67,979 |
Sociology | $26,000 | $30,554 |
Special Education and Teaching | $27,000 | $38,906 |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | $25,785 | $36,061 |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | $22,750 | $36,992 |
Salary Scores for UWG Master's Degrees
UWG ranks higher than 39% of colleges for master's degrees, based on salary.
Field of Study | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Accounting and Related Services | Not Reported | $53,775 |
Biology, General | Not Reported | $38,289 |
Business Administration, Management and Operations | $20,500 | $60,920 |
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | $38,002 | $48,823 |
Educational Administration and Supervision | $22,500 | $75,706 |
Educational/Instructional Media Design | $29,332 | $55,538 |
Psychology, General | $40,427 | $28,960 |
Public Administration | Not Reported | $45,696 |
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | $37,000 | $78,971 |
Special Education and Teaching | $27,133 | $56,693 |
Student Counseling and Personnel Services | $29,344 | $39,129 |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | $24,980 | $45,198 |
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | $20,500 | $49,883 |
Salary Scores for UWG Doctoral Degrees
UWG ranks higher than 88% of colleges for doctorates, based on salary.
Field of Study | Median Debt | Median Salary |
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Education, Other | Not Reported | $91,744 |
Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Not Reported | $74,576 |
University of West Georgia Reviews
Most Recent Reviews
The dining hall staff are ghetto unprofessional rude and literally so nasty and unsanitary. The dorms are infested with roaches and I asked SEVERAL times for them to treat the room before they complied, only because my father threatened legal consequences. The student security housing hires called ResStar are unprofessional, they play loud music at the desks, make calls to friends, and take jobs of people who would do a good job. The office staff when you call the school are as incompetent as they come. They... Read More
This review is for the online doctoral program in counseling and supervision. Most of the professors act as though communicating with students is a burden. I receive no responses from most of my professors; the head of the department does respond quickly and he is a dedicated educator. His wife also works at the school and she is also an effective and dedicated professor. If either of them had been my dissertation chairs this would have been a good experience. However, the other professors I've had have been... Read More