University of West Georgia Business Programs

Located in Carrollton, Georgia, University of West Georgia is a public institution. The location of University of West Georgia is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is University of West Georgia?

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-West-Georgia/82958952731
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/uwgmedia

How Do I Get Into University of West Georgia?

You can apply to University of West Georgia online at: https://www.westga.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for University of West Georgia

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into University of West Georgia?

With an acceptance rate of 78%, University of West Georgia may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 72%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 54% 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 580. Math scores were between 420 and 510.

University of West Georgia received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford University of West Georgia?

The overall average net price of University of West Georgia is $27,961. 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 University of West Georgia, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $5,897 a year. That adds up to $23,588 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at University of West Georgia is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of West Georgia Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,331 undergraduate students at University of West Georgia, with 7,528 being full-time and 2,803 being part-time.

There are also 3,088 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,528 full-time undergraduates at University of West Georgia, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of West Georgia students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	68
Black or African American	2,926
Hispanic or Latino	655
White	3,382
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	430

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 39 countries are represented at University of West Georgia. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Nigeria, and India.

Online Learning at University of West Georgia

In 2019-2020, 11,474 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at University of West Georgia has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 15th most popular in Georgia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of University of West Georgia

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of West Georgia was $6,521 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $17,576. The following table shows how University of West Georgia 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
Business/Managerial Economics	#1	#1
Business Economics	#1	#1
Organizational Leadership	#10	#49
General Business Administration and Management	#48	#286
Business Administration & Management	#54	#304

Online Growth Rankings of University of West Georgia

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of West Georgia was 20.4%. This is the #931 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at University of West Georgia regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at University of West Georgia ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at University of West Georgia.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Organizational Leadership	#143

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%.

University of West Georgia Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	131	86	217
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	101	0	101
Accounting	74	9	83
Finance	56	0	56
General Management Information Systems	46	0	46
Organizational Leadership	35	0	35
General Economics	12	0	12
Real Estate	9	0	9
Business Economics	4	0	4
International Economics	3	0	3
TOTAL	471	95	566

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.