Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, GA
Georgia College & State University is a public university in Milledgeville, Georgia, a town 10 to 35 miles from a city, with 5,947 undergraduates. Kinesiology is its signature field: 8% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times its share across the colleges we cover. 64% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $58,140 ten years after starting.
Georgia College & State University admitted 5,454 of 6,214 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (87.8%).
- Acceptance rate
- 87.8%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $9,186
- $29,512 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $20,686
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 21–26
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Georgia College & State University is known for
Measured by the 1,141 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Kinesiology
7.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations1119.7% of degrees$71,795+5% vs $68,257 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1079.4% of degrees$83,058−7% vs $88,910 nationally
- Research and Experimental Psychology1018.9% of degrees$54,441About the $55,695 national median
- Marketing1018.9% of degrees$71,560About the $69,303 national median
- Journalism938.2% of degrees$57,843About the $56,278 national median
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness897.8% of degrees$55,817About the $54,562 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Town, 10–35 miles from a city
Milledgeville, GA
Undergraduates
5,947
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Georgia College & State University
Three things Georgia College & State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Georgia College & State University required a test score of the fall 2023 entering class.
That is the school’s answer on the federal survey for that class. A test policy can change between surveys, so treat it as the last measured position rather than today’s rule. 31% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
The admit rate rose from 78% to 88% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
31% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 22% sent an ACT. Georgia College & State University files test scores under “required”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
87.8%
5,454 admitted of 6,214 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 540–640Math 520–600
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
21–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
31%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
22%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Georgia College & State University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Georgia College & State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $9,186 ($29,512 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $30,258. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $20,686 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$9,186
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$29,512
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$30,258
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$20,686
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $30,258 full cost.
- Under $30k$15,396Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$16,772Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$19,179Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$22,294Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$23,216Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
64%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
82%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$58,140
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 78% to 88%.
What Georgia College & State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: you would write all 2.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionOctober 15, 2026
Verified July 29, 2026 · Source
- Rolling AdmissionApril 1, 2027
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Georgia
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Brenau University87%
- Augusta University89.3%
- Georgia Southern University89.6%
- Savannah College of Art and Design83.7%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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