Georgia State University Overview
Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia State University is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Atlanta makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.
What Is Georgia State University Known For?
- The highest award offered at Georgia State is the doctor's degree.
- In 2017-2018, 73% of the faculty were full-time.
- After graduation, Georgia State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $43,300 a year. That's about 6% more than their peers at other schools.
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Georgia State University 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 State.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Georgia State has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#1 | Best Insurance Doctor’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#1 | Best Insurance Doctor’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#1 | Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools | College Factual |
#1 | Best Drawing Colleges for Veterans | College Factual |
#1 | Best Insurance Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans | College Factual |
#280 | Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans | College Factual |
Where Is Georgia State University?

Contact details for Georgia State are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 33 Gilmer St, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 |
Phone: | 404-413-2000 |
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? |
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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?
Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.
Average Test Scores
About 69% 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 520 and 630. Math scores were between 510 and 630.
Can I Afford Georgia State University?
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 State, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,949 a year. That adds up to $23,796 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Georgia State is 10.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 7,573 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 22,356 full-time undergraduates at Georgia State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 3,628 |
Black or African American | 8,935 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3,040 |
White | 4,592 |
International Students | 699 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1,462 |
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
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Georgia State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 49th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Affordability Rankings of Georgia State
The following table shows how Georgia State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.
Major | Tuition for In-State Students | Tuition for Out-of-State Students |
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Educational Assessment | #12 | #32 |
Political Science & Government | #21 | #27 |
Teaching English or French | #43 | #51 |
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 #133 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%.
Georgia State University Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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 Jayingram11 under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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