Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia State University is a public research university based in downtown Atlanta, where classrooms sit alongside corporate headquarters, courts, hospitals, cultural institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies. The university serves students across the Atlanta Campus and Perimeter College, creating multiple pathways into a large and highly diverse institution.
Academic programs span business, law, health, education, arts, sciences, public policy, computing, and the humanities. Georgia State’s urban setting and research mission give students frequent opportunities to connect what they study with the people, organizations, and challenges of a major metropolitan region.
Get to know Georgia State University
College Highlights
ATLANTA AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Georgia State students can move between coursework and real-world experience without leaving the city. Internships, community-based projects, service learning, clinical experiences, and employer partnerships place students in organizations across Atlanta, giving them opportunities to see how academic ideas operate in professional and civic settings.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ACROSS DISCIPLINES
Students can also participate in faculty-mentored research, creative projects, and scholarly presentations through colleges and university programs. Whether the work happens in a laboratory, archive, community site, studio, or data set, students gain experience asking questions, gathering evidence, and communicating what they discover.
ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY
Non-U.S. Citizen: 3%
Hispanic/Latinx: 13%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 42%
White, non-Hispanic: 20%
Native/Indigenous American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 0%
Asian, non-Hispanic: 15%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: 0%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic: 6%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 1%
TEACHING IN A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
Georgia State faculty bring active research and professional practice into the classroom, helping students connect core concepts with current questions in their fields. Courses frequently draw on Atlanta itself, especially in areas such as business, public health, policy, law, education, and the arts.
SUPPORT THAT HELPS STUDENTS NAVIGATE SCALE
Because Georgia State is a large university, advising, tutoring, learning support, and school-based student success resources play an important role in helping students make informed academic choices. Faculty mentorship becomes especially valuable in advanced courses, research, and capstone experiences where students work more independently.
A CAMPUS IN THE CENTER OF ATLANTA
Georgia State’s downtown campus places students amid restaurants, music venues, museums, sports, transit, and major civic institutions. The surrounding city gives campus life an urban rhythm that feels different from a traditional enclosed college setting.
COMMUNITIES WITHIN A LARGE UNIVERSITY
Student organizations, cultural groups, academic clubs, service organizations, recreation, arts, and Panther athletics give students many ways to build smaller communities. With classmates coming from across Georgia and around the world, campus life is shaped by a wide range of backgrounds, interests, and perspectives.
CAREER ACCESS IN A MAJOR CITY
Career Services helps students explore industries, prepare résumés, practice interviewing, connect with employers, and search for internships and jobs. Atlanta’s concentration of businesses, hospitals, media companies, government agencies, schools, nonprofits, and startups creates a broad range of possibilities close to campus.
EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES A TRANSCRIPT MORE CONCRETE
Internships, research, campus leadership, clinical learning, and community work give Georgia State students examples of how they can contribute beyond the classroom. Graduates leave with experience navigating a large urban university and applying their knowledge in settings that resemble the workplaces and communities they will enter next.
Admission
TEST SCORES
Optional
FRESHMAN PROFILE
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
25th Percentile: 530 | 75th Percentile: 650
SAT Math
25th Percentile: 520 | 75th Percentile: 640
ACT Composite
25th Percentile: 19 | 75th Percentile: 27
ACT Math
25th Percentile: 18 | 75th Percentile: 26
ACT English
25th Percentile: 18 | 75th Percentile: 27
Tuition & Cost
Tuition (in-state): $7,158
Tuition (out-of-state): $22,389
Fees: $2,128
Room: $11,450
Board: $4,142
Contact Georgia State University
Contact Admissions
Campus Location
33 Gilmer Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 413-2000