University of West Georgia – Institution Information

By Vitaliy Novik, PhD

Table of Contents

General Information
Background Information
Admissions
Financials
Outcomes
Programs Offered

General Information

Item	Value
141334	City	Carrollton	1
141334	State	GA	2
141334	Region	Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)	3
141334	Locale	Town: Fringe (in urban cluster up to 10 miles from an urbanized area)	4
141334	Main Campus	Yes	5
141334	Institution Type	Public Institution	6
141334	Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	7
141334	Website	www.westga.edu/	8
141334	Highest Degree Offered	Graduate degree	9
141334	Carnegie Classification	Doctoral/Professional Universities	10

Background Information

Item	Value
141334	Number of graduate students	3,227
141334	Proportion of faculty that is full-time	72.6%
141334	Enrollment (undergraduate degree-seeking)	7,939
141334	Historically Black College and University	No
141334	Predominantly Black Institution	No
141334	Alaska Native Native Hawaiian serving institution	No
141334	Tribal College and University	No
141334	Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution	No
141334	Hispanic-serving institution	No
141334	Native American non-tribal institution	No
141334	Men-only college	No
141334	Women-only college	No
141334	Online-only education	No
141334	Open admissions policy	No

Admissions

Item	Value
141334	Admission rate	80%
141334	Average SAT score of students admitted	1026
141334	Midpoint of SAT scores (critical reading)	550
141334	Midpoint of SAT scores (math)	485
141334	Midpoint of the ACT cumulative score	21
141334	Midpoint of the ACT English score	21
141334	Midpoint of the ACT math score	20
141334	25th percentile of SAT scores (critical reading)	480
141334	75th percentile of SAT scores (critical reading)	590
141334	25th percentile of SAT scores (math)	450
141334	75th percentile of SAT scores (math)	550
141334	25th percentile of the ACT cumulative score	17
141334	75th percentile of the ACT cumulative score	22
141334	25th percentile of the ACT English score	15
141334	75th percentile of the ACT English score	22
141334	25th percentile of the ACT math score	16
141334	75th percentile of the ACT math score	21

Financials

Item	Value
141334	University Tuition Information	https://www.westga.edu/student-services/financialaid/npcalc.html
141334	Pct of Undergrads Receiving Pell Grant	44%
141334	Pct of Undergrads Receiving a Federal Loan	43%
141334	Median Debt for Completing Students	$23,970
141334	Median Debt For Students Who Withdrew	$8,750
141334	Median Debt For Students with Family Income $0-30K	$15,750
141334	Median Debt For Students with Family Income $30-75K	$15,500
141334	Median Debt For Students with Family Income $75K+	$14,000
141334	Median Debt For First-Gen Students	$15,000
141334	Median Monthly Debt Payment of Completers (10 yr payment plan)	$254
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance	$16,374
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance ($0-30k Family Income)	$14,492
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance ($30-48k Family Income)	$14,917
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance ($48-75k Family Income)	$17,231
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance ($75-110k Family Income)	$19,545
141334	Average Annual Cost of Attendance ($110k+ Family Income)	$20,039

Outcomes

Item	Value
141334	Med Earnings 10yr After Entry	$47,080
141334	Completion Rate	43%
141334	Fed Loan Default Rate	10%

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Vitaliy Novik, PhD

Vitaliy is an economist and college education researcher and the founder of bigeconomics.org. The opinions expressed in his posts are his own.