University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA · Public · 7,520 undergrads (medium, town) · website ↗

Test scores required
$40 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$10,339
$30,000 – $48,000	$10,523
$48,000 – $75,000	$12,957
$75,000 – $110,000	$15,471
Over $110,000	$16,810
All incomes (average)	$12,786

Sticker tuition and fees: $6,088 in-state, $17,800 out-of-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use University of West Georgia's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$12,152
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$12,152
Books and supplies	$800
Other expenses, on campus	$6,490
Other expenses, off campus	$6,490

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (1,353 of them) in 2022–23; 93% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	89%	$8,088
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	44%	$5,479
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	15%	$6,690
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	43%	$5,114

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1032
Median ACT: 21
Students with Pell grants: 40%
Graduation rate (6yr): 44%
Freshman retention: 78%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $49,587
Median debt at graduation: $23,970
International undergrads: 98 (1.2%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Required
Application fee: $40
Students per faculty member: 18 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 57%
Open admission: No

Middle 50% of test scores, fall 2024

25th to 75th percentile of enrolled first-year students who submitted scores. A quarter scored below the first figure and a quarter above the second. Section ranges can't be added together into a total-score range.

SAT Reading and Writing: 490–590
SAT Math: 460–550
ACT composite: 17–22

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Not considered
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Not considered
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Not considered
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Not considered
Personal statement or essay	Not considered
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 8,399
Admitted: 4,147
Enrolled: 1,361

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Business22%

Health & Nursing16%

Psychology11%

Social Sciences11%

Education7%

Biology & Life Sciences5%

Visual & Performing Arts5%

Communications & Media5%

Kinesiology & Sports Science3%

Computer Science3%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (29)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Psychology, General	174	$33,175	$43,731national $50,706	$21,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	157	$86,868	$86,904national $88,910	$20,200
Business Administration, Management and Operations	147	$47,925	$62,588national $68,257	$18,500
Criminology	111	$38,645	$50,048national $55,556	$23,393
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	110	$44,942	$49,499national $47,382	$18,053
Marketing	92	$43,571	$63,104national $69,303	$20,475
Biology, General	83	$32,885	$47,252national $57,214	$21,194
Journalism	69	$37,213	$47,891national $56,278	$22,914
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	50	$36,409	$43,308national $61,296	$25,000
Accounting and Related Services	50	$51,480	$70,405national $76,194	$18,282
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	48	$34,465	$49,799national $50,468	$22,500
Fine and Studio Arts	47	$35,347	$45,644national $41,367	$25,000
Finance and Financial Management Services	44	$51,155	$72,717national $83,343	$21,500
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	42	—	$45,806national $58,928	$19,505
English Language and Literature, General	41	$38,444	$40,855national $48,590	$17,293
Management Information Systems and Services	36	$53,499	$70,574national $83,290	$25,000
Sociology	34	$37,535	$47,412national $52,657	$26,000
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	33	—	—national $50,532	$24,000
Political Science and Government	29	$31,043	$53,827national $63,293	$24,573
Chemistry	26	—	$53,575national $65,120	$25,250
Behavioral Sciences	23	$35,174	—national $48,673	$22,211
History	23	$41,242	$52,514national $50,680	$21,763
Computer and Information Sciences, General	17	$64,036	$93,769national $92,374	$22,375
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	15	—	—national $51,389	$25,000
Music	13	$45,013	—national $42,892	—
Economics	12	—	$56,681national $82,686	—
Anthropology	11	$31,882	$46,740national $46,676	—
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	9	—	$48,611national $50,580	—
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	6	—	$60,355national $60,190	—

Master's degrees (14)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational/Instructional Media Design	361	$71,246	$74,243national $70,644	$20,510
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	346	$61,238	$64,065national $59,916	$23,384
Special Education and Teaching	149	$70,335	$74,278national $64,397	$25,562
Business Administration, Management and Operations	74	$71,953	$97,803national $103,485	$24,086
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	67	$50,708	$58,091national $60,111	$31,312
Educational Administration and Supervision	38	$55,565	$95,143national $71,685	$24,867
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	33	$67,229	$65,853national $63,707	$21,088
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	31	$56,842	$59,492national $67,030	$32,529
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	29	$43,227	—national $62,033	$25,322
Public Administration	20	$58,465	$63,152national $81,408	$26,586
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	17	$99,151	$114,602national $120,193	—
Criminology	11	—	—national $67,647	$30,176
Psychology, General	9	—	$45,818national $64,711	—
Accounting and Related Services	9	$64,880	—national $95,833	—

Doctoral degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Education, Other	11	$108,484	$101,304national $90,635	—

Graduate certificates (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Educational Administration and Supervision	365	—	—national $86,288	$20,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	67	—	—national $69,444	$19,198

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 43 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118-0001
Phone: (678) 839-5000
Institutional accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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