Georgia State acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Georgia State admitted 24,217 of 42,323 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 57.2%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Georgia State counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Georgia State acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42,323 | 24,217 | 57.2% | 4,470 | 18.5% |
| 2024-25 | 33,455 | 18,545 | 55.4% | 4,208 | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33,753 | 17,718 | 52.5% | 4,515 | 25.5% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Georgia State
Early decision counts: Not published. Georgia State’s Common Data Set prints no early decision applicant or admit counts (section C21) for any year shown.
Georgia State waitlist
Waitlist counts: Not published. Georgia State’s Common Data Set prints no waitlist numbers (section C2) for any year shown.
Georgia State SAT and ACT scores
What Georgia State says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Georgia State rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: None recorded
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: None recorded
- 2023-24
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Academic GPA, Standardized test scores
- Important: None recorded
Georgia State testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test required: the Atlanta campus requires official SAT or ACT scores for fall 2026 admission and later. University System of Georgia minimums are SAT EBRW 480 and Math 440, or ACT English/Reading 17 and Math 17, plus a Freshman Index of at least 2500.
From Georgia State’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
The 2024-25 C9 is blank. Georgia State reports a waitlist but prints no C2 counts in 2024-25 and 2023-24. It has no early decision plan.
Georgia State acceptance rate questions
- What is the Georgia State acceptance rate?
- Georgia State's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 42,323 first-year applicants and 24,217 admitted, an acceptance rate of 57.2%. It was 55.4% in 2024-25 and 52.5% in 2023-24.
- What SAT scores do Georgia State students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1030 to 1240, and ACT submitters scored 18 to 27. 40.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- Does Georgia State require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test required: the Atlanta campus requires official SAT or ACT scores for fall 2026 admission and later. University System of Georgia minimums are SAT EBRW 480 and Math 440, or ACT English/Reading 17 and Math 17, plus a Freshman Index of at least 2500.
Applying to Georgia State?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Georgia State says it weighs.
Source: Georgia State Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Georgia State. All official acceptance rates