University of Georgia
Athens, GA
University of Georgia is a public research university in Athens, Georgia, a midsize city, with 32,137 undergraduates. Its largest fields are business, biology and social sciences. 90% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $68,726 ten years after starting.
University of Georgia admitted 16,257 of 47,464 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (34.3%).
- Acceptance rate
- 34.3%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,450
- $31,688 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,936
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1250–1420
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 University of Georgia is known for
Measured by the 8,646 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
- Psychology5916.8% of degrees$59,446+17% vs $50,706 nationally
- Biology5736.6% of degrees$60,366+6% vs $57,214 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services5456.3% of degrees$97,364+17% vs $83,343 nationally
- Marketing3984.6% of degrees$85,785+24% vs $69,303 nationally
- Management Information Systems and Services3694.3% of degrees$113,184+36% vs $83,290 nationally
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication2983.4% of degrees$74,531+17% vs $63,560 nationally
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
Midsize city
Athens, GA
Undergraduates
32,137
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
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 University of Georgia
Three things University of Georgia 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.
University of Georgia files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 70.3% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
University of Georgia asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 1 prompt we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Families paid $13,936 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
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
34.3%
16,257 admitted of 47,464 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1250–1420
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
27–33
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
4.17
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
70.3%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
43.9%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Georgia?
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 University of Georgia 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 $11,450 ($31,688 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $27,993. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,936 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,450
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$31,688
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$27,993
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,936
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $27,993 full cost.
- Under $30k$8,085Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$8,686Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,096Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,942Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$18,079Typical 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
90%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
94%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$68,726
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$18,500
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 49% to 37%.
What University of Georgia 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 scoresimportant
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
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 4,442
- Accepted the place
- 437
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for University of Georgia applicants
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.
- Spelman College23.8%
- Savannah State University46.1%
- Emory University-Oxford College17.3%
- Morehouse College51.4%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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