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.
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Where Is University of West Georgia?
Contact details for University of West Georgia are given below.
Contact Details | |
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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? |
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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?
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.
Can I Afford University of West Georgia?
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 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 |
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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
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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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