Georgia College & State University Overview

Georgia College & State University is a public institution located in Milledgeville, Georgia. Milledgeville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Georgia College & State University Known For?

• Students at Georgia College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Georgia College is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 82% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Georgia College with a bachelor's degree make about $54,288 a year. That's 33% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Georgia College & State University?

Contact details for Georgia College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	231 W Hancock Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061
Phone:	800-342-0471
Website:	www.gcsu.edu

How Do I Get Into Georgia College?

You can apply to Georgia College online at: www.gcsu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for Georgia College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Georgia College?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, Georgia College is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% of students accepted to Georgia College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 620.

Georgia College received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 28. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Georgia College & State University?

The overall average net price of Georgia College is $34,855. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Georgia College, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,574 a year. That adds up to $26,296 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Georgia College is 0.9%. 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 College & State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,586 undergraduate students at Georgia College, with 5,045 being full-time and 541 being part-time.

There are also 1,177 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,045 full-time undergraduates at Georgia College, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	74
Black or African American	181
Hispanic or Latino	310
White	4,163
International Students	47
Other Races/Ethnicities	270

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia College & State University. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Georgia College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Germany, Nigeria, and India.

Online Learning at Georgia College & State University

In 2020-2021, 2,352 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 13th 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 College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia College & State University was 17.7%. This is the #1,129 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Georgia College 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.