University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia · Public · 16,146 undergraduates · ung.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
96%
of 10,089 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1010 to 1200
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$25,810Est.Estimate
$42,350 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of North Georgia
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
96% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$42,350
a year in 2027-28, from a $42,350 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1100
Send your score
About 49% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 980, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- If your unweighted GPA is below 3.0, you must send a score.
- Send official score reports when you apply.
- CLT accepted (minimum 36 Verbal Reasoning + Grammar/Writing and 13 Quantitative Reasoning)
Source: New Freshmen Requirements and Deadlines · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Mar1Other deadline · March 1, 2027
- Jul1Other deadline · July 1, 2027
Source: UNG Application Deadlines
Who gets in
96%
of applicants were admitted: 9,704 of 10,089 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by Nov. 15, hear by Dec. 15.
Early Decision
Binding.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 39% of them sent SAT scores and 15% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1010 to 1200
Reading and Writing 510 to 620
Math 480 to 590
ACT composite 18 to 25
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16002.1%
- 1200 to 139925%
- 1000 to 119949%
- 800 to 99923%
- 600 to 7991.3%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.41
- 4.010%
- 3.75 to 3.9920%
- 3.50 to 3.7419%
- 3.25 to 3.4916%
- 3.00 to 3.2416%
- 2.50 to 2.9914%
- Below 2.504.3%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$25,810
a year, in state
$42,350
a year, out of state (tuition $22,610)
- Tuition (in state)$6,070
- Fees$1,250
- Food and housing$12,710
- Books and supplies$1,610
- Transportation and other$4,170
University of North Georgia published $24,378 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$12,109
- $30,001 to $48,000$11,651
- $48,001 to $75,000$13,101
- $75,001 to $110,000$16,363
- Over $110,000$18,708
Financial aid
54%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$7,188
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
35%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $8,178 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 2/20
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Presidential Tuition Waiver (PTW)
Competitive · Out-of-state students · Application required
Savings of up to $25,000 (half PTW) to $50,000 (full PTW) over four years; half PTW = in-state rate plus half the out-of-state rate, full PTW = in-state rate
To keep it: ask the college for the renewal rules.
DetailsPresidential Scholarships (Choate Family, William P. Roberts, Alexander Brevard Russell)
$1,000 a year
Competitive · No separate application
Deadline: Recipients notified by March 15. To keep it: pass 12 credit hours each fall and spring semester, and stay in good standing in the Honors Program.
Details
Georgia programs for residents
HOPE Scholarship
State program · In-state students
Tuition at HOPE rate. 2026-27 examples: UGA $334.47/credit hour ($5,017/semester at 15 hrs); Emory (private) $2,985/semester full-time, $1,493 half-time
- 1160+ SAT or 24+ ACT, Ineligible HS graduate / unaccredited home study / HSE: test-only pathway; graduate from an ineligible high school, unaccredited home study, or HSE diploma; manual evaluation
Zell Miller Scholarship
State program · In-state students
100% of standard undergraduate tuition (public up to 15 hrs; private up to 12 hrs). 2026-27 examples: UGA $5,067/semester for 7-15 hrs; Emory (private) $2,985/semester full-time, $1,493 half-time
- 3.70+ GPA, 1200+ SAT or 25+ ACT, Eligible HS graduate / accredited home study: GPA + test pathway; at least 4 full rigor credits from the Academic Rigor Course List
- 1340+ SAT or 29+ ACT, Ineligible HS graduate / unaccredited home study: test-only pathway; graduate from an ineligible high school or complete an unaccredited home study program; manual evaluation
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
37 of 37
Earn credit with a score of 3
36 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $610Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | ART 1020 & acceptable portfolio | |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | ART 1030 & acceptable portfolio | |
| Art History | 3 | ART 2510 | |
| Biology | 3 | BIOL 1101/L (or BIOL 1101K) | |
| Biology | 4 | BIOL 1101/L (or BIOL 1101K) & 1102/L (or BIOL 1102K) | |
| Biology | 5 | BIOL 1107K and BIOL 1108K | |
| Calculus AB | 3 | MATH 1450 | |
| Calculus BC | 3 | MATH 1450 and MATH 2460 | |
| Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 1151/L and CHEM 1152/L | |
| Chemistry | 4 | CHEM 1211/L and CHEM 1212/L | |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | CHIN 1001,1002 | |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | CHIN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | CHIN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | POLS 2301 | |
| Computer Science A | 3 | CSCI 1301 | |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | CSCI 1250 | |
| Drawing | 3 | ART 1010 & acceptable portfolio | |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | ENGL 1101 | |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | ENGL 1101 | |
| Environmental Science | 3 | BIOL 1260/L (or BIOL 1260K) | |
| European History | 3 | HIST 2200 or 2201 | |
| European History | 5 | HIST 2200 and 2201 | |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | FREN 1001,1002 | |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | FREN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | FREN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | GRMN 1001,1002 | |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | GRMN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | GRMN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Human Geography | 3 | GEOG 1101 | |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | ITAL 1001, 1002 | |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | ITAL 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | ITAL 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | JAPN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | JAPN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | ECON 2105 | |
| Microeconomics | 3 | ECON 2106 | |
| Music Aural Subscore | 3 | MUSC 1011 | |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 3 | MUSC 1001 | |
| Physics 1 | 3 | PHYS 1111/L | |
| Physics 2 | 3 | PHYS 1112/L | |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | PHYS 1112/L | |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | PHYS 1111/L | |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 5 | PHYS 1111/L or PHYS 2211/L | |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | MATH 1113 | |
| Psychology | 3 | PSYC 1101 | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | SPAN 1001, 1002 | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | SPAN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | SPAN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | SPAN 1001, 1002 | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | SPAN 1001, 1002, 2001 | |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | SPAN 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002 | |
| Statistics | 3 | MATH 1401 | |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | POLS 1101 | |
| United States History | 3 | HIST 2111 or 2112 | |
| United States History | 5 | HIST 2111 and 2112 | |
| World History: Modern | 3 | HIST 1111 or 1112 | |
| World History: Modern | 5 | HIST 1111 and 1112 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
38%
Come back for a second year
73%
Typical earnings
$55,822
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of North Georgia$67,788
- All colleges$71,390
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 28 majors here have earnings data.
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