by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Georgia Southern University was awarded 391 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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GaSou landed the #537 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,198 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when GaSou held the #586 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
GaSou is also ranked #8 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
The acceptance rate at Georgia Southern University is 89%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into GaSou is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 71% of students accepted to GaSou submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 560.
The student to faculty ratio at Georgia Southern University is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Georgia Southern University is 83%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Georgia Southern University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At GaSou this rate is 29%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Georgia Southern University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 23,469 undergraduates at GaSou with 19,453 being full-time and 4,016 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,718 | $13,632 | $16,027 | $18,502 | $18,545 |
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 GaSou, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At GaSou, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,469 a year. That adds up to $25,876 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for GaSou are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1332 Southern Drive, Statesboro, GA 30460-8126 |
| Phone: | 912-478-5391 |
| Website: | www.georgiasouthern.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 671 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 413 | NA |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 345 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 345 | NA |
| Nursing | 334 | NA |
| General Psychology | 251 | NA |
| General Biology | 237 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 201 | NA |
| Marketing | 192 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 173 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 17,216 students took at least one online class at Georgia Southern University. This is a decrease from the 17,560 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 17,216 | 4,018 |
| 2021-2022 | 17,560 | 3,981 |
| 2020-2021 | 21,050 | 3,796 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,378 | 2,652 |
Learn more about online learning at Georgia Southern 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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