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Georgia State acceptance rate

Georgia State University · Atlanta, Georgia · Public · 26,623 undergraduates

55.4%
accepted, fall 2024
33,447
applications
18,543
offers of admission
4,208
enrolled (23% of those admitted)

Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 33,447. The rate slipped from 59% in 2014 to 55% in 2024, while the typical four-year college moved the other way (up about 6 points). University of Maryland, College Park is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Georgia State in size and selectivity (45%); Florida Atlantic is the easiest (66%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 53%2002 53%2003 49%2004 56%2005 56%2006 52%2007 52%2008 53%2009 41%2010 52%2011 52%2012 51%2013 55%2014 59%2015 57%2016 59%2017 70%2018 71%2019 76%2020 100%2021 75%2022 67%2023 62%2024 55%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202433,44718,54355.4%4,208
202330,23018,82662.3%4,542
202226,05017,39666.8%5,479
202125,25418,83174.6%6,058
202017,38517,37599.9%5,518
201916,68112,70276.1%5,064
201816,34811,66871.4%4,997
201714,46210,10169.8%4,208
201616,3489,61958.8%3,984
201513,9707,91456.6%3,447
201412,8587,64359.4%3,701
201313,8907,59254.7%3,460
201212,8686,56751.0%2,758
201112,6566,55951.8%2,928
201012,6566,55951.8%2,985
20099,8564,03941.0%2,757
20089,7755,19853.2%2,607
20078,3444,37052.4%2,265
20068,3464,37052.4%2,177
20058,4814,77556.3%2,270
20048,4814,77556.3%2,270
20039,2964,57549.2%1,944
20028,1344,33253.3%2,200
20018,1344,33253.3%2,200

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2002 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2003 Applied: 9k Admitted: 5k2004 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2005 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2006 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2007 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2008 Applied: 10k Admitted: 5k2009 Applied: 10k Admitted: 4k2010 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2011 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2012 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2013 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2014 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2015 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2016 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k2017 Applied: 14k Admitted: 10k2018 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2019 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2020 Applied: 17k Admitted: 17k2021 Applied: 25k Admitted: 19k2022 Applied: 26k Admitted: 17k2023 Applied: 30k Admitted: 19k2024 Applied: 33k Admitted: 19k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women21,03611,81756.2%
Men12,4116,72654.2%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
480 to 590 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
460 to 590
ACT composite
19 to 26

Colleges similar to Georgia State

The six public four-year colleges closest to Georgia State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
FIU
Miami, FL		55%39,508$11,462$65,722
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL		53%13,359$11,689$59,626
Florida Atlantic
Boca Raton, FL		66%23,757$10,394$61,062
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD		45%30,760$14,296$89,228
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN		50%44,503$14,851$80,082
The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX		65%21,751$15,271$74,762

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Georgia State to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Georgia State on College Scorecard