University of Georgia
UGA publishes 34% (Fall 2025). In-state applicants got in at 42%; out-of-state at 28%.
Acceptance rate
What UGA's 34% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits UGA reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
"All first-year and dual enrollment applicants are required to submit official test scores from either ACT or SAT. There is no test optional pathway to UGA." Consistent with Georgia's public-system-wide testing requirement.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1270–1480sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 29–34
- Average HS GPA
- 4.15 (weighted)Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-2025) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Oct 15, 2026 (materials due Oct 29, 2026) (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 1, 2027 (materials due Jan 15, 2027)Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 32,137
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $31,688
- Category
- Public
- Admissions site
- www.uga.edu
What should this school mean for your list?
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Sources
- UGA test policy (2026-27)
- UGA deadlines
- UGA GPA (Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-2025))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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