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Travel spending

Employee travel reimbursements reported in the Open Georgia export, by fiscal year. Note the collapse in FY2020–21 (pandemic) and the rebound after.

Median per traveler by institution
Fiscal yearGeorgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw StateGeorgia SouthernWest GeorgiaGeorgia GwinnettValdosta StateAugusta
FY2025$2,989$2,004$1,871$1,574$1,502$1,019$1,098$1,268$1,811
FY2024$3,011$2,009$1,792$1,580$1,499$991$1,188$1,301$1,705
FY2023$2,720$1,971$1,699$1,511$1,375$1,058$942$1,287$1,501
FY2022$2,028$1,300$1,273$1,107$978$898$823$1,085$1,086
FY2021$1,623$404$325$305$432$321$249$434$383
FY2020$2,312$1,393$1,293$1,151$1,128$990$844$982$1,226
FY2019$2,597$1,711$1,388$1,363$1,308$1,251$1,021$1,307$1,236
FY2018$2,567$1,537$1,391$1,343$1,406$1,333$938$1,377$1,209
FY2017$2,631$1,517$1,283$1,373$1,561$1,258$894$1,338$1,246
FY2016$2,693$1,577$1,328$1,336$1,578$1,303$890$1,459$1,231
FY2015$2,624$1,504$1,525$1,260$1,392$1,314$828$1,290
$28.3$669$1.3K$2K$2.6K$3.2KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Georgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw StateGeorgia SouthernWest GeorgiaGeorgia GwinnettValdosta StateAugusta

Travel is summed per person per year from the salary & travel export. “% who traveled” is the share of salaried employees with any reported travel; “median per traveler” is over those with travel > $0.