College students from 50 states and Washington, D.C., together with 115 counties throughout Georgia, admitted for early acceptance
The College of Georgia continues to attract distinctive college students from all through Georgia and the US. A file 30,490 college students utilized for early motion consideration this 12 months – a 14.6% enhance from final 12 months. Out of these, over 9,500 had been admitted.
The variety of in-state purposes elevated 13% this 12 months, from 11,500 to 12,860; out-of-state purposes additionally rose, from roughly 15,000 to 17,630. In all, college students from 50 states and Washington, D.C., together with 115 counties throughout Georgia, had been admitted for early acceptance and continued the pattern of rising educational excellence amongst UGA college students.
Admission was supplied to these with one of the best educational information, with the center 50% of admitted college students reporting a core GPA of 4.17-4.40; ACT scores of 31-34; SAT scores of 1400-1500; and 9-14 AP, IB or twin enrollment programs.
“The College of Georgia continues to be a high vacation spot for distinctive college students, as seen by our file variety of purposes from Georgia and throughout the nation,” stated UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “Our dedication to educational excellence, revolutionary packages, and sturdy scholar help ensures that UGA stays a spot the place college students come to realize their highest aspirations.”
Due to the elevated variety of purposes, UGA continued asserting early motion admissions selections in two waves: in-state admitted college students had been introduced on Nov. 22, and out-of-state admitted college students had been introduced on Dec. 6.
In-state college students
The admitted in-state college students hail from 409 Georgia excessive faculties, up from 368 excessive faculties in 2023. The admissions recruitment group made 269 highschool visits throughout the state final 12 months, and this 12 months, they surpassed that quantity with 311 highschool visits in Georgia alone.
“Whereas entering into the College of Georgia is more and more aggressive resulting from an exquisite group of candidates, UGA is the state’s flagship establishment, and our major focus is on recruiting, admitting and enrolling Georgia residents,” stated David Graves, director of undergraduate admissions. “Roughly 42% of Georgia residents who utilized early had been supplied admission versus 23% of out-of-state college students.”
Common resolution
College students who had been deferred to the common resolution spherical will nonetheless be given full consideration for admission to UGA. The common resolution software deadline is Jan. 1, and remaining admissions selections for deferred early motion and common resolution candidates are often introduced in mid-March.
UGA continues to raise its educational choices and scholar help packages — together with a rising active-learning initiative, quite a lot of First-12 months Odyssey programs and peer-to-peer mentoring — leading to file achievements by its college students. Commencement charges rose this 12 months, with four-year charges rising from 75% to 76%, and six-year commencement charges rising from 88% to 89%. Retention of first-year college students stays excessive this 12 months with a price of 94.3%.
UGA college students even have received many extremely aggressive awards lately, together with back-to-back Rhodes Scholarships for 2023 and 2024. Within the newest U.S. Information & World Report listing of high public universities, UGA was ranked No. 18, marking its ninth consecutive 12 months within the high 20.
