Georgia Gwinnett College Overview

Georgia Gwinnett College is a public institution located in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The suburban atmosphere of Lawrenceville makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Georgia Gwinnett College Known For?

• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Georgia Gwinnett College.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 79% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Georgia Gwinnett College makes roughly $47,025 a year. This is 15% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Georgia Gwinnett College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Georgia Gwinnett College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#11	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#47	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Most Popular Computer Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#61	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Value General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#72	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#165	Most Popular Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Georgia Gwinnett College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#37	Highest Paid General Special Education Graduates	College Factual
#51	Highest Paid Special Education Graduates	College Factual
#89	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Education Graduates	College Factual
#110	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduates	College Factual
#124	Highest Paid Education Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Georgia Gwinnett College?

Contact details for Georgia Gwinnett College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Phone:	678-407-5000
Website:	www.ggc.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/georgiagwinnett
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/GeorgiaGwinnett

How Do I Get Into Georgia Gwinnett College?

You can apply to Georgia Gwinnett College online at: https://www.ggc.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for Georgia Gwinnett College

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Georgia Gwinnett College?

Since Georgia Gwinnett College has an acceptance rate of 95%, 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 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Can I Afford Georgia Gwinnett College?

The overall average net price of Georgia Gwinnett College is $26,604. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Georgia Gwinnett College, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $5,857 a year. That adds up to $23,428 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Georgia Gwinnett College is 12.8%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Georgia Gwinnett College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 11,627 undergraduate students at Georgia Gwinnett College, with 7,620 being full-time and 4,007 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,620 full-time undergraduates at Georgia Gwinnett College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Georgia Gwinnett College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	777
Black or African American	2,431
Hispanic or Latino	1,919
White	1,927
International Students	216
Other Races/Ethnicities	350

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Georgia Gwinnett College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at Georgia Gwinnett College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Serbia, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Georgia Gwinnett College

In 2019-2020, 10,015 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Georgia Gwinnett College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Georgia Gwinnett College was 255.3%. This is the #238 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Georgia Gwinnett 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%.

Georgia Gwinnett College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	379	379
Computer Information Systems	164	164
General Psychology	123	123
General Biology	115	115
Teacher Education Grade Specific	65	65
Health & Physical Education	65	65
Nursing	55	55
Criminal Justice & Corrections	51	51
History	29	29
Human Development & Family Studies	27	27
General English Literature	26	26
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	26	26
Special Education	21	21
Political Science & Government	20	20
Mathematics	15	15
Natural Resources Conservation	15	15
Chemistry	12	12
TOTAL	1,208	1,208

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
• Image Credit: By Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.