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Acceptance rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Aid receiving
94%
Undergraduates
30,714
Graduates
9,893
Male:Female Ratio
40:60
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
www.uga.edu

University of Georgia Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of Georgia has an acceptance rate of 43% and is among the top 11% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 43% 38% 46%
Applicants 39,320 16,218 23,087
Admissions 16,729 6,149 10,574
Freshmen enrolled full time 6,250 2,355 3,893
Freshmen enrolled part time 23 7 16

6,766 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

1,166 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
2,875 or 46%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1220
or below

75% of them
had 1420
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in the University of Georgia are 1220-1420 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
1,622 or 26%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 27
or below

75% of them
had 32
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in the University of Georgia are 27-32 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Recommendations Required
SAT/ACT Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 26416 (65%)
Asian 4206 (10%)
Black or African American 3072 (8%)
Hispanic 2704 (7%)
Nonresident Alien 2053 (5%)
Two or more races 1621 (4%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 478 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 18 (0%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 18 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$11,559
Students receiving aid
94%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $9,790$8,878
Tuition in-state $9,790$8,878
Tuition out-of-state $28,830$25,186
Fee in-district $1,390$1,390
Fee in-state $1,390$1,390
Fee out-of-state $1,390$1,390

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 10,218
Combined charge for room and board $10,388
Room charge $6,294
Meal charge $4,094

University of Georgia majors

University of Georgia has granted 8,221 bachelor's degrees across 123 programs, 2,190 master's across 113 programs, and 1,024 doctorate degrees across 82 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of Georgia.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 574
Psychology, General 530 1 10
Business Administration and Management, General 222 274 15
Finance, General 490
Accounting 202 168
Marketing & Marketing Management, General 350
Computer Science 286 38 13
Management Information Systems, General 326
Social Work 46 182 5
Insurance 231
International Relations and Affairs 206 20
Political Science and Government, General 196 9 12
Early Childhood Education and Teaching 128 78
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 132 48 18
Law 192
Human Development and Family Studies, General 169 2 7
Mechanical Engineering 174
Advertising 162
Business & Managerial Economics 158
Journalism 153
Public Relations & Image Management 148
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management 138
Nutrition Sciences 98 33 5
Pharmacy 125
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 116 6 3
Public Health Education and Promotion 117 2
Real Estate 113
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General 85 26 1
Veterinary Medicine 110
Art & Art Studies, General 96 11 1
English Language and Literature, General 93 3 11
Economics, General 98
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia 95
Housing and Human Environments, General 38 50 5
Fashion Merchandising 86
Public Administration 78 4
Sociology, General 74 2 4
Management Science 79
Family Resource Management Studies, General 73
Statistics, General 39 21 13
Animal Sciences, General 58 7 6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 56 15
Genetics, General 60 3 8
Mathematics, General 57 4 7
Chemistry, General 36 4 26
Special Education and Teaching, General 41 19 5
Public Health, General 53 10
Biological & Biosystems Engineering 59 3
Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration 61
Consumer Economics 60
Forest Sciences and Biology 50 10
Biological and Physical Sciences 59
History, General 50 9
Civil Engineering, General 58
Ecology 44 7 5
Business & Commerce, General 55
Music, General 18 9 28
Journalism, Other 53
Cognitive Science, General 52
Landscape Architecture 45 7
Agribusiness & Agricultural Business Operations 42 9
Junior High & Intermediate & Middle School Education and Teaching 16 34
Social Studies Teacher Education 17 32
Microbiology, General 35 1 10
Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education 9 31 5
Philosophy 38 1 4
Mathematics Teacher Education 19 20 3
Agricultural Economics 29 9 3
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 40
English & Language Arts Teacher Education 14 26
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 40
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 25 14
Linguistics 30 4 5
Cell & Cellular Biology and Histology 29 3 6
Environmental Health 35 1 2
Anthropology, General 30 2 5
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 26 9
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 11 24
Spanish Language and Literature 31 3
Biochemical Engineering 32 1
Mass Communication & Media Studies 25 8
Web Page, Digital & Multimedia and Information Resources Design 33
Educational Psychology 22 10
Computer Engineering, General 31
Geography 19 4 8
Pharmaceutical Sciences 30
Molecular Medicine 20 9
Music Teacher Education 13 13 3
Technical Teacher Education 21 8
Geology & Earth Science, General 18 10
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 19 7 1
Horticultural Science 20 5 2
Poultry Science 15 5 7
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 25
Business Statistics 25
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services 15 10
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 14 11
Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services 24
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 13 11
Educational & Instructional Technology 17 7
Fine & Studio Arts, General 24
Physics, General 10 3 11
Biotechnology 21 2
Engineering, General 9 14
Food Science 9 10 4
Higher Education & Higher Education Administration 6 17
Hospitality Administration & Management, General 23
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education & Fitness, General 22
Natural Resources & Conservation, General 21
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 20
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 7 4 9
Education, General 4 15
Agronomy and Crop Science 15 3
Industrial and Organizational Psychology 18
Music Performance, General 18
Reading Teacher Education 12 6
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 18
Entomology 7 3 7
Environmental & Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism 17
Film & Cinema & Media Studies 17
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 17
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 12 4
German Language and Literature 15 1
Comparative Literature 12 2 1
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other 9 6
Agriculture, General 14
Artificial Intelligence 14
Elementary Education and Teaching 14
Food Technology and Processing 14
Health & Health Care Administration & Management 14
Non-Profit & Public & Organizational Management 14
Forestry, General 13
Social Entrepreneurship 13
Women's Studies 13
Agricultural Communication & Journalism 12
Agricultural Teacher Education 12
Foreign Language Teacher Education 3 9
Veterinary Infectious Diseases 12
Agricultural Engineering 9 2
Applied Behavior Analysis 11
Religion & Religious Studies 9 2
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding 6 4
Plant Pathology & Phytopathology 6 4
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 4 5
Astronomy 9
Bioinformatics 2 7
Botany & Plant Biology 4 3 2
Dance, General 9
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 6 3
Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General 8
Biostatistics 4 4
Environmental Studies 8
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 8
Counseling Psychology 7
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies 7
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 6
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 6
Latin Language and Literature 6
Computational Science 5
Epidemiology 5
Historic Preservation and Conservation, General 5
Music Therapy & Therapist 5
Neuroscience 5
Small & Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine 5
Animal Health 4
Apparel and Textiles, General 4
Environmental Design & Architecture 4
Environmental Science 4
Family and Consumer Sciences & Home Economics Teacher Education 4
Russian Language and Literature 4
Sustainability Studies 4
Turf and Turfgrass Management 4
Child Development 3
Educational Evaluation and Research 3
French Language and Literature 3
Latin American and Caribbean Studies 3
Toxicology 3
African-American & Black Studies 2
Dairy Science 2
Family and Consumer Sciences & Human Sciences Communication 2
Music Theory and Composition 2
Art Teacher Education 1
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance 1
Large Animal & Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine 1
Marine Sciences 1
Materials Science 1
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language & ESL Language Instructor 1
Grand Total 8,221 2,190 1,024

University of Georgia has a graduation rate of 88%, which is among the 6% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 88% 86% 90%
  • Full-time retention rate - 94%
  • Part-time retention rate - 91%

Publications & Citations

University of Georgia is a world-class research university with 111,646 scientific papers published and 3,684,426 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Medicine, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics.

Publications
111,646
Citations
3,684,426

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
78,178 / 2,872,940
Chemistry
58,317 / 2,384,855
Environmental Science
57,191 / 1,911,466
Medicine
51,143 / 1,777,208
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
48,436 / 1,405,555
Biochemistry
40,555 / 1,807,789
Genetics
40,312 / 1,768,658
Engineering
39,756 / 1,543,092
Computer Science
36,555 / 1,330,652
Physics
36,155 / 1,415,518
Ecology
34,646 / 1,267,702
Geology
32,230 / 1,189,718
Organic Chemistry
29,143 / 1,325,542
Psychology
26,176 / 766,450
Sociology
24,689 / 701,928
Paleontology
24,505 / 887,372
Political Science
22,983 / 609,999
Geography and Cartography
22,727 / 678,844
Botany
21,976 / 769,224
Law
21,747 / 589,424
Quantum and Particle physics
21,054 / 675,044
Mathematics
20,014 / 564,450
Philosophy
19,269 / 541,131
Pathology
18,971 / 815,317
Materials Science
16,711 / 803,618
Business
16,502 / 502,698
History
15,163 / 419,720
Statistics
14,934 / 445,419
Agricultural Science
14,284 / 432,721
Economics
13,512 / 362,520
Archaeology
13,168 / 389,067
Public Health
11,909 / 415,158
Immunology
11,699 / 356,774
Psychiatry
11,596 / 346,082
Demography
10,963 / 367,952
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
10,685 / 308,301
Horticulture
10,206 / 298,150
Neuroscience
9,231 / 295,449
Linguistics
9,215 / 263,496
Social Psychology
9,131 / 321,498

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1472 18576
1992 1466 20340
1993 1529 21076
1994 1569 22503
1995 1461 23239
1996 1608 25510
1997 1690 27462
1998 1695 30655
1999 1603 33302
2000 1721 37627
2001 1781 40631
2002 1917 44648
2003 2111 52154
2004 2178 56153
2005 2278 64485
2006 2451 72341
2007 2445 82272
2008 2575 88261
2009 2784 100735
2010 2744 111679
2011 2837 123714
2012 3006 136249
2013 3286 148007
2014 3503 156769
2015 3776 164009
2016 3960 166361
2017 4078 170080
2018 4354 187404
2019 4585 208402
2020 4976 236462
2021 5049 264174
2022 4834 269228
2023 4792 260190
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University of Georgia alumni

  1. Kim Basinger

    Kim Basinger
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    television actorstage actorsingerfilm actorvoice actor
    Biography

    Kimila Ann Basinger is an American actress. She has garnered acclaim for her work in film, for which she has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Initially a TV starlet, she shot to fame as a Bond girl in 1983 and enjoyed a long heyday over the next two decades. In 2011 Los Angeles Times Magazine ranked her third on the "50 Most Beautiful Women In Film".

  2. Bill Goldberg

    Bill Goldberg
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    Canadian football playerprofessional wrestlerplayer of American footballtelevision actoractor
    Biography

    William Scott Goldberg, often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American professional wrestler, former American football defensive tackle and actor. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE.

  3. Kyle Chandler

    Kyle Chandler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
    Biography

    Kyle Martin Chandler is an American actor. Chandler received widespread critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in Friday Night Lights (2006–2011); he received numerous award nominations for his portrayal of the character and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 for his performance in the show's final season.

  4. Marjorie Taylor Greene

    Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Marjorie Taylor Greene, also known by her initials MTG, is an American far-right politician, businesswoman, and conspiracy theorist who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves and was reelected in 2022.

All 100 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names UGA
Founded 1785
Motto Et docere et rerum exquirere causas
To teach, to serve and to inquire into the nature of things
Colors red, black
Academic calendar August to May. Also Summer Quarter (June - August)
Total FTE staff 10,917
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address Administration Building
Athens, Georgia, 30602
United States
City population 127,000
Phone 7065423000

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