Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Georgia State University is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, a large city, with 26,623 undergraduates. Computer science and interdisciplinary studies are its signature fields: together they make up 21% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 53% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $47,384 ten years after starting.
Georgia State University admitted 24,217 of 42,323 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (57.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 57.2%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $8,664
- $24,840 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $15,931
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19–26
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 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Georgia State University is known for
Measured by the 5,309 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Computer science
12.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
Interdisciplinary studies
8.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 2.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology4959.3% of degrees$49,050About the $50,706 national median
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)4548.6% of degrees$50,632−9% vs $55,693 nationally
- Biology3586.7% of degrees$52,222−9% vs $57,214 nationally
- Computer Science3576.7% of degrees$100,582−6% vs $107,009 nationally
- Computer and Information Sciences3015.7% of degrees$87,020−6% vs $92,374 nationally
- Marketing2765.2% of degrees$67,872About the $69,303 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
Large city
Atlanta, GA
Undergraduates
26,623
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
25 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
4%
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 State University
Three things Georgia 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 State University files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 35% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
35% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 13% sent an ACT. Georgia State University files test scores under “very important”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Georgia State University asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 5 prompts we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
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
57.2%
24,217 admitted of 42,323 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 530–640Math 510–640
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
19–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
35%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
13%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Georgia 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 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 $8,664 ($24,840 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $28,241. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $15,931 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$8,664
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,840
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$28,241
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$15,931
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $28,241 full cost.
- Under $30k$13,787Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$14,430Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,656Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$19,390Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,305Typical 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
53%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
80%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$47,384
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,903
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.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 71% to 62%.
What Georgia State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Interview
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
5 essay prompts on the application: 5 are optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
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