2024-2025 Acceptance Rate of Georgia Colleges

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Georgia colleges is 52.79%, 211,963 accepted out of 401,502 applicants.

For Georgia college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 34,693 (9.46%) compared to last year, from 366,809 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 725, which is more than 1.20% last year.

Georgia colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 1.08% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Georgia colleges. The yield decreased by 1.74%.

Among Georgia colleges, Emory University has the lowest acceptance rate of 10.65% with 3,562 accepted students out of 33,450 applicants. Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 59,789 and Kennesaw State University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 9,117.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Georgia Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Georgia. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Georgia Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Emory University	33,450 1,521	3,562 19	1,438 12	10.65% -0.45%	40.37% 0.12%
Emory University-Oxford College	22,118 2,128	2,899 -550	429 -92	13.11% -4.14%	14.80% -0.31%
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	59,789 7,412	8,413 -209	3,836 73	14.07% -2.39%	45.60% 1.96%
Spelman College	12,023 1,413	2,990 -627	705 -22	24.87% -9.22%	23.58% 3.48%
University of Georgia	42,732 -687	16,108 -43	6,169 23	37.70% 0.50%	38.30% 0.25%
Thomas University	517 -9	198 -29	140	38.30% -4.86%	70.71% 9.04%
Morehouse College	5,733 123	2,520 -363	684 2	43.96% -7.43%	27.14% 3.48%
Point University	958 -2,292	424 -1,770	352 -732	44.26% -23.25%	83.02% 33.61%
Andrew College	1,581 801	723 324	257 149	45.73% -5.42%	35.55% 8.48%
University of West Georgia	8,860 461	4,573 426	1,423 62	51.61% 2.24%	31.12% -1.70%
Georgia State University	33,447 3,217	18,543 -283	4,208 -334	55.44% -6.84%	22.69% -1.44%
Wesleyan College	1,352 -32	799 -60	107 7	59.10% -2.97%	13.39% 1.75%
Reinhardt University	1,841 86	1,133 165	334 15	61.54% 6.38%	29.48% -3.47%
LaGrange College	1,522 65	945 24	236 53	62.09% -1.12%	24.97% 5.10%
Agnes Scott College	2,090 233	1,299 49	210 -31	62.15% -5.16%	16.17% -3.11%
Young Harris College	1,384 -542	867 -366	220 -22	62.64% -1.38%	25.37% 5.74%
Berry College	6,544 77	4,188 188	616 39	64.00% 2.15%	14.71% 0.29%
Clark Atlanta University	27,245 -427	17,497 -387	1,000 -69	64.22% -0.41%	5.72% -0.26%
Fort Valley State University	5,201 121	3,426 236	781 39	65.87% 3.07%	22.80% -0.46%
University of Toccoa Falls	1,125 249	742 183	270 57	65.96% 2.15%	36.39% -1.71%
University of North Georgia	13,298 1,665	9,035 641	4,331 417	67.94% -4.22%	47.94% 1.31%
Clayton State University	1,870 88	1,280 22	518 14	68.45% -2.14%	40.47% 0.41%
Mercer University	9,813 -1,245	6,760 -589	859 -156	68.89% 2.43%	12.71% -1.10%
Kennesaw State University	34,680 11,542	23,995 7,987	9,117 883	69.19% 0.01%	38.00% -13.44%
Valdosta State University	6,253 1,564	4,520 605	1,173 38	72.29% -11.20%	25.95% -3.04%
Emmanuel University	500 39	370 124	237 33	74.00% 20.64%	64.05% -18.88%
Georgia Southwestern State University	2,328 283	1,750 172	551 18	75.17% -1.99%	31.49% -2.29%
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College	2,694 76	2,040 20	960 -152	75.72% -1.44%	47.06% -7.99%
Georgia College & State University	6,310 96	4,936 -518	1,801 -15	78.23% -9.54%	36.49% 3.19%
Truett McConnell University	667 -63	522 -140	242 25	78.26% -12.42%	46.36% 13.58%
Savannah College of Art and Design	15,956 1,025	13,241 746	3,496 -155	82.98% -0.70%	26.40% -2.82%
Gordon State College	1,958 -168	1,682 -163	607 -122	85.90% -0.88%	36.09% -3.42%
Augusta University	6,011 119	5,194 -68	1,303 79	86.41% -2.90%	25.09% 1.83%
Covenant College	823 72	712 98	282 36	86.51% 4.75%	39.61% -0.46%
Brenau University	3,625 864	3,182 781	290 85	87.78% 0.82%	9.11% 0.57%
Georgia Southern University	20,840 6,430	18,317 5,401	5,170 417	87.89% -1.74%	28.23% -8.57%
Oglethorpe University	2,216 -638	1,960 246	351 -40	88.45% 28.39%	17.91% -4.90%
Georgia State University-Perimeter College	13,073 8	11,867 -1,145	3,146 -322	90.77% -8.82%	26.51% -0.14%
Chamberlain University-Georgia	35 9	32 7	27 10	91.43% -4.72%	84.38% 16.38%
Luther Rice College & Seminary	12 -23	11 -1	8 -1	91.67% 57.38%	72.73% -2.27%
Life University	574 170	534 155	225 20	93.03% -0.78%	42.13% -11.96%
Piedmont University	1,770 -296	1,651 -267	241 -45	93.28% 0.44%	14.60% -0.31%
Herzing University-Atlanta	80 12	75 11	52 8	93.75% -0.37%	69.33% 0.58%
Paine College	3,105 852	2,963 1,085	106 -14	95.43% 12.07%	3.58% -2.81%
Georgia Gwinnett College	6,153 -237	5,876 -231	2,612 -104	95.50% -0.07%	44.45% -0.02%
Shorter University	904 121	872 113	292 23	96.46% -0.47%	33.49% -1.95%
Brewton-Parker Christian University	996 -22	961 82	257 13	96.49% 10.14%	26.74% -1.02%
College of Coastal Georgia	2,627 79	2,578 68	772 58	98.13% -0.38%	29.95% 1.50%
Columbus State University	3,648 98	3,616 93	1,150 67	99.12% -0.12%	31.80% 1.06%
Middle Georgia State University	4,346 470	4,332 465	1,319 6	99.68% -0.09%	30.45% -3.50%
DeVry University-Georgia	16	16 3	16 4	100.00% 18.75%	100.00% 7.69%

52.79% of Applicants Accepted to Georgia Colleges in 2025 Admission

401,502

211,963

52.79%

28.94%

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Georgia Colleges