College · Private nonprofit · Atlanta, GA · City
Herzing University-Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$35k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size387
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $35k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
387 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $27k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$108k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$87k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$21k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.4k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants70%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans79%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention36%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr14%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$35k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 387
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black73%
- Hispanic8%
- White7%
- Unknown5%
- Asian3%
- Two or more races2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time48%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$18k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 11
What you can study.