University of Georgia's admit rate has fallen 41.0 percentage points across the 23 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 34.2% | 6,195 | 90.3% | 93.6% | 1,330 |
| 2024-2025 | 37.9% | 6,169 | 91.2% | 94.3% | 1,300 |
| 2023-2024 | 37.2% | 6,121 | 89.4% | 94.6% | 1,320 |
| 2022-2023 | 42.5% | 6,273 | 88.1% | 94.3% | 1,310 |
| 2021-2022 | 40.1% | 5,819 | 87.8% | 95.0% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 34 percentage points.
University of Georgia's 90.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 34.0 pp.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Georgia applicants most commonly also apply to range from 13.3% admit to 71.2% admit — a 57.8 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Admit rate has tightened 5.9 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
University of Georgia's admit rate fell from 40.1% (2021-2022) to 34.2% (2025-2026) — a 5.9 pp drop. Year-over-year: 40.1 → 42.5 → 37.2 → 37.9 → 34.2. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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