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Georgia State University is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

$35,039 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
100% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Georgia State University?

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Contact details for Georgia State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 33 Gilmer St, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
Phone: 404-413-2000
Website: www.gsu.edu

How Do I Get Into Georgia State?

You can apply to Georgia State online at: admissions.gsu.edu/bachelors-degree/apply/

Admission Requirements for Georgia State

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Georgia State?

100% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
22% Submit SAT Scores
Since Georgia State has an acceptance rate of 100%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Average Test Scores

About 22% of students accepted to Georgia State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 640.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Georgia State University  ( 530 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Georgia State University  ( 520 to 640 )
200
800
Georgia State received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 27.

ACT English Scores for Georgia State University  ( 18 to 27 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Georgia State University  ( 18 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Georgia State University  ( 19 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford Georgia State University?

$35,039 Net Price
40% Take Out Loans
2.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Georgia State is $35,039. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Georgia State, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,577 a year. That adds up to $22,308 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Georgia State is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Georgia State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

21,992 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
77% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 28,985 undergraduate students at Georgia State, with 21,992 being full-time and 6,993 being part-time.

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There are also 7,988 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 21,992 full-time undergraduates at Georgia State, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,613
Black or African American 8,920
Hispanic or Latino 3,116
White 4,194
International Students 804
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,345

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia State University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 138 countries are represented at Georgia State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Georgia State University

4,700 Took All Classes Online
24,369 Took At Least One Class Online
690.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 24,369 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Georgia State has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 6th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Georgia State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia State University was 690.0%. This is the #94 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Georgia State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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