Admissions & selectivity
University of Georgia Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UGA?
UGA’s reported acceptance rate is 37.7%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 37.7%
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: University of Georgia Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Georgia admitted 37.7% of applicants, well below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 47,464 applicants, 16,257 admitted, and 6,195 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled UGA students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 4.17 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students. This is an average of the 100.0% who reported a GPA, not a cutoff.
The middle half of enrolled SAT submitters scored from 1250 to 1420. 70% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
For ACT submitters, the middle half ranged from 27 to 33, with 44% submitting ACT scores. These ranges describe the enrolled students who sent scores, not every enrolled student or a minimum for admission.
Applicants can use the university's own 1250 to 1420 SAT band and 27 to 33 ACT band as context for recent score submitters.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UGA. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
70% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1250
- Median
- 1330
- 75th percentile
- 1420
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
44% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 27
- Median
- 31
- 75th percentile
- 33
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Georgia Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at UGA?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 16.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 25.0%
- First-year retention
- 94.0%
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.
The University of Georgia enrolls 32,137 undergraduates, with Pell Grant recipients making up 16.8% of the student body. An estimated 25.0% of undergraduates enter as transfers or part-time students, a sizable share that reflects the university's role as a destination for students moving from other institutions.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 47,464 first-year applicants, 16,257 admitted, and 6,195 enrolled. For transfer students, the university reported 3,780 applicants, 2,452 admitted, and 1,893 enrolled.
Pell-eligible applicants should submit a FAFSA early and confirm the university's financial aid deadlines; transfer applicants should review the transfer credit policies before applying.
Six years after entering, 89.7% of the University of Georgia's first-time, full-time cohort have earned a degree. That figure stands well above the peer median of 65.0% for comparable institutions.
The university's first-year retention rate of 94.0% also exceeds the peer median of 83.1%. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 94% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
Pell Grant recipients in the same entering cohort complete at a rate of 75.1%, which is below the overall six-year rate by 14.6 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect a university where the entering class graduates at a rate that outpaces comparable institutions, and where most first-year students persist.
For Pell-eligible students, the completion gap is a measurable reality worth weighing alongside the university's strong overall record.
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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.