University of West Georgia Overview

Located in Carrollton, Georgia, University of West Georgia is a public institution. The location of University of West Georgia is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is University of West Georgia Known For?

• The highest award offered at University of West Georgia is the doctor's degree.
• In 2019-2020, 81% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from University of West Georgia makes roughly $45,011 a year. This is 10% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

University of West Georgia 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.

University of West Georgia has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#37	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Other Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Student Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Value Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Value Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Value Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards University of West Georgia has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	College Factual
#1	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics	College Factual
#7	Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#16	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology	College Factual
#16	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Criminology	College Factual
#84	Best Value Colleges for Social Sciences	College Factual

Where Is University of West Georgia?

Contact details for University of West Georgia are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118-0001
Phone:	678-839-5000
Website:	www.westga.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-West-Georgia/82958952731
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/uwgmedia

How Do I Get Into University of West Georgia?

You can apply to University of West Georgia online at: https://www.westga.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for University of West Georgia

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into University of West Georgia?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, University of West Georgia 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 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% of students accepted to University of West Georgia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 420 and 510.

University of West Georgia received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford University of West Georgia?

The overall average net price of University of West Georgia is $27,961. 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 University of West Georgia, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $5,897 a year. That adds up to $23,588 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at University of West Georgia is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of West Georgia Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,331 undergraduate students at University of West Georgia, with 7,528 being full-time and 2,803 being part-time.

There are also 3,088 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,528 full-time undergraduates at University of West Georgia, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	68
Black or African American	2,926
Hispanic or Latino	655
White	3,382
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	430

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at University of West Georgia. At this time, 5 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at University of West Georgia. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Nigeria, and India.

Online Learning at University of West Georgia

In 2019-2020, 11,474 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 9th 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 University of West Georgia

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of West Georgia was $6,521 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,576. The following table shows how University of West Georgia 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
Business/Managerial Economics	#1	#1
Criminology	#1	#19
Music	#1	#19
Visual & Performing Arts	#4	#33
Political Science & Government	#4	#19
Computer Science	#7	#7
Public Administration	#7	#34
Public Administration & Social Service	#10	#40
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#13	#93
Social Sciences	#13	#40
Instructional Media Design	#16	#55
Sociology	#19	#46
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#19	#58
Special Education	#22	#88
Computer & Information Sciences	#25	#44
Education	#34	#123
Nursing	#34	#109
Health Professions	#43	#149
Business Administration & Management	#54	#304

Online Growth Rankings of University of West Georgia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of West Georgia was 20.4%. This is the #1,060 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at University of West Georgia regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of University of West Georgia majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Computer & Information Sciences	21%
Computer Science	26%
Health Professions	6%
Nursing	9%
Special Education	11%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at University of West Georgia ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at University of West Georgia.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Community Organization & Advocacy	#10
Music	#16
Criminology	#32
Other Education	#32
Computer Science	#43
Political Science & Government	#49
Geography & Cartography	#57
Sociology	#72
Visual & Performing Arts	#78
Public Administration	#103
Instructional Media Design	#133
Public Administration & Social Service	#213
Social Sciences	#236
Nursing	#459
Computer & Information Sciences	#473

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%.

University of West Georgia Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teacher Education Grade Specific	95	119	212	0	426
Business Administration & Management	166	0	86	0	252
General Psychology	201	0	14	0	215
Instructional Media Design	0	143	65	0	208
Nursing	178	0	30	0	208
Criminology	126	0	11	0	137
General Biology	113	0	4	0	117
Journalism	117	0	0	0	117
Special Education	11	63	33	0	107
Marketing	101	0	0	0	101
Health Sciences & Services	94	0	0	0	94
Accounting	74	0	9	0	83
Recreation Administration	82	0	0	0	82
Communication Sciences	43	0	29	0	72
Student Counseling	0	16	48	6	70
Finance & Financial Management	56	0	0	0	56
Sociology	52	0	2	0	54
Political Science & Government	47	0	0	0	47
Management Information Systems	46	0	0	0	46
General English Literature	28	0	11	0	39
Teacher Education Subject Specific	10	0	26	0	36
Fine & Studio Arts	36	0	0	0	36
History	17	1	11	0	29
Behavioral Science	27	0	0	0	27
Music	17	0	9	0	26
Educational Administration	0	7	18	0	25
Chemistry	24	0	0	0	24
Computer Information Systems	19	0	0	0	19
Computer Science	0	0	19	0	19
Anthropology	19	0	0	0	19
Public Administration	0	0	17	0	17
Other Education	0	0	0	15	15
Economics	15	0	0	0	15
Geography & Cartography	11	4	0	0	15
Mathematics	11	0	3	0	14
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	11	0	0	0	11
Interdisciplinary Studies	10	0	0	0	10
Museum Studies	0	10	0	0	10
Geological & Earth Sciences	10	0	0	0	10
Real Estate	9	0	0	0	9
Philosophy	9	0	0	0	9
Business/Managerial Economics	4	0	0	0	4
Physics	3	0	0	0	3
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	3	3
General Social Sciences	0	3	0	0	3
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	2	0	0	2
Drama & Theater Arts	1	0	0	0	1
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,893	368	657	24	2,942

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.