Oglethorpe University Overview

Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Oglethorpe University is a private not-for-profit institution. Oglethorpe is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Oglethorpe University Known For?

• Students at Oglethorpe have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Oglethorpe is the bachelor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Oglethorpe bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $49,918 a year. That's about 22% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Oglethorpe University?

Contact details for Oglethorpe are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4484 Peachtree Road, Ne, Atlanta, GA 30319-2797
Phone:	404-261-1441
Website:	oglethorpe.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/oglethorpeuniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/oglethorpeuniv

How Do I Get Into Oglethorpe?

You can apply to Oglethorpe online at: https://apply.oglethorpe.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Oglethorpe

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	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 Oglethorpe?

With an acceptance rate of 81%, Oglethorpe may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Oglethorpe submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 660. Math scores were between 530 and 620.

Oglethorpe received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Oglethorpe University?

The overall average net price of Oglethorpe is $32,239. 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 Oglethorpe, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $7,139 a year. That adds up to $28,556 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Oglethorpe is 3.1%. 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.

Oglethorpe University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,446 undergraduate students at Oglethorpe, with 1,375 being full-time and 71 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,375 full-time undergraduates at Oglethorpe, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	57
Black or African American	311
Hispanic or Latino	269
White	515
International Students	139
Other Races/Ethnicities	84

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Oglethorpe University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at Oglethorpe. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Venezuela, Honduras, and France.

Online Learning at Oglethorpe University

In 2020-2021, 390 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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 Boston Public Library under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.