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University of West Georgia was awarded 54 badges in the 2025 rankings.
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University of West Georgia landed the #975 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when University of West Georgia held the #1,204 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
University of West Georgia also holds the #26 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
When it comes to admittance, University of West Georgia is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 59% of students accepted to University of West Georgia submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 450 and 550.
The student to faculty ratio at University of West Georgia is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of West Georgia is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of West Georgia 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 we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at University of West Georgia is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,331 undergraduates at University of West Georgia with 7,528 being full-time and 2,803 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,492 | $14,917 | $17,231 | $19,545 | $20,039 |
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 University of West Georgia, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At University of West Georgia, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,713 a year. That adds up to $22,852 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for University of West Georgia are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118-0001 |
| Phone: | 678-839-5000 |
| Website: | www.westga.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 510 | $41,744 |
| Business Administration & Management | 292 | $44,392 |
| Instructional Media Design | 235 | NA |
| General Psychology | 191 | $25,058 |
| Nursing | 190 | $77,140 |
| Special Education | 127 | NA |
| General Biology | 123 | $28,550 |
| Journalism | 111 | $27,268 |
| Communication Sciences | 110 | $28,612 |
| Criminology | 108 | $33,839 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 9,484 students took at least one online class at University of West Georgia. This is a decrease from the 9,634 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,484 | 4,937 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,634 | 4,945 |
| 2020-2021 | 11,474 | 5,003 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,087 | 3,394 |
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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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