by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Georgia State University was awarded 55 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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Georgia State is ranked #483 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Georgia State held the #582 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 68 colleges in Georgia, Georgia State is ranked at #17.
The acceptance rate at Georgia State University is a competitive 67%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 59% of students accepted to Georgia State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 630. Math scores were between 500 and 620.
At Georgia State University, the student to faculty ratio is 26 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Georgia State University is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Georgia State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Georgia State have a four-year graduation rate of 29%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Georgia State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 28,787 undergraduates at Georgia State with 22,356 being full-time and 6,431 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,393 | $15,828 | $18,359 | $21,227 | $21,407 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Georgia State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Georgia State, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $5,857 a year. That adds up to $23,428 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Georgia State is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Georgia State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Georgia State University.
Contact details for Georgia State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 33 Gilmer St, Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 |
| Phone: | 404-413-2000 |
| Website: | www.gsu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 477 | $28,904 |
| General Biology | 461 | $26,647 |
| Computer Information Systems | 432 | $65,439 |
| Computer Science | 426 | $66,803 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 383 | $30,536 |
| Marketing | 284 | $40,414 |
| Public Health | 272 | $34,761 |
| Accounting | 266 | $55,761 |
| Political Science & Government | 251 | $29,275 |
| General Business/Commerce | 246 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 24,513 students took at least one online class at Georgia State University. This is an increase from the 24,369 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 24,513 | 4,715 |
| 2021-2022 | 24,369 | 4,700 |
| 2020-2021 | 33,558 | 19,725 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,411 | 291 |
Learn more about online learning at Georgia State University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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