Gordon State College Business Programs

Gordon State College is a public institution situated in Barnesville, Georgia. Barnesville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Gordon State College?

Contact details for Gordon are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	419 College Dr, Barnesville, GA 30204
Phone:	678-359-5555
Website:	www.gordonstate.edu

How Do I Get Into Gordon?

You can apply to Gordon online at: https://gafutures.xap.com/applications/usg/usg_common_app_short/introduction.asp?application_id=3406

Admission Requirements for Gordon

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Gordon?

Gordon has an acceptance rate of 79%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 44% of students accepted to Gordon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 550. Math scores were between 430 and 520.

Gordon received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 14 and 20. Math scores were between 15 and 20. Composite scores were between 16 and 21.

Can I Afford Gordon State College?

The overall average net price of Gordon is $18,484. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Gordon, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $5,812 a year. That adds up to $23,248 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Gordon is 12.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Gordon State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,231 undergraduate students at Gordon, with 1,856 being full-time and 1,375 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,856 full-time undergraduates at Gordon, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Gordon State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	757
Hispanic or Latino	101
White	899
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	81

Geographic Diversity

Georgia students aren't the only ones who study at Gordon State College. At this time, 5 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 5 countries are represented at Gordon. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Thailand, Vietnam, and Peru.

Online Learning at Gordon State College

In 2019-2020, 2,740 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Gordon has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Gordon

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Gordon State College was $3,789 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $10,695. The following table shows how Gordon is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Business Administration and Management	#10	#99
Business Administration & Management	#40	#90

Online Growth Rankings of Gordon

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Gordon State College was 85.1%. This is the #389 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Gordon regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Gordon State College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	47	57	104
TOTAL	47	57	104

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.