Admissions & selectivity
Georgia Southern University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Georgia Southern University?
Georgia Southern University’s reported acceptance rate is 87.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 87.9%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Georgia Southern University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Georgia Southern University admitted 87.9% of applicants, above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). Most applicants in that reported pool were admitted, though the rate does not describe any individual applicant’s outcome.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 23,494 first-year applicants and 20,339 admitted applicants. The rate describes an applicant-pool outcome rather than an individual prediction.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Georgia Southern University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an average high-school GPA of 3.46 among the 98.0% of enrolled first-year students who submitted a GPA. For students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half of enrolled first-year students scored between 18 and 23, with a median of 20.
These ranges describe the scores of recent enrolled students who chose to submit them, not a minimum for admission. An applicant can place their own ACT score against the university's 18 to 23 range as one point of context. Keep in mind that the figures reflect only those who submitted scores.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Georgia Southern University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 18
- Median
- 20
- 75th percentile
- 23
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Georgia Southern University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Georgia Southern University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 23.6%
- First-year retention
- 77.8%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Georgia Southern University serves a sizeable undergraduate population with both Pell Grant recipients and transfer entrants forming visible parts of the student body. Pell Grant recipients make up 36.2% of undergraduates, and undergraduate enrollment is 21,790; the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 23.6%.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 23,494 first-year applicants and 20,339 admitted applicants. The same source reported 3,557 transfer applicants, 2,531 admitted transfers, and 71 enrolled transfers.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should use these entry-point figures when deciding which application route fits their situation.
At Georgia Southern University, the first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants is 77.8%, and the six-year graduation rate for that cohort is 54.9%. Both figures sit below the medians for comparable institutions, which are 83.1% and 65.0%.
Pell recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 48.6%, which is 6.3 percentage points below the overall rate. A student who enrolls should expect that most of the cohort returns after the first year, but a smaller share goes on to finish a degree within six years.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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