Oglethorpe University
Oglethorpe University admitted 88% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1090–1310 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $20,156 a year. Within six years, 55% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 88%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1090–1310
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–31
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $63,729 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,156 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,121 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $49,430 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 55%
- Students who return for a second year
- 73%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $60,002 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,352
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 27%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 11%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH · 88% admitted
- Appalachian State University NC · 90% admitted
- Christian Brothers University TN · 87% admitted
- Iona University NY · 87% admitted
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE · 88% admitted
- Whitworth University WA · 90% admitted
More colleges in Georgia
- Kennesaw State University GA · 69% admitted
- University of Georgia GA · 38% admitted
- Georgia State University GA · 55% admitted
- Georgia Southern University GA · 88% admitted
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA · 14% admitted
- University of North Georgia GA · 68% admitted
- Savannah College of Art and Design GA · 83% admitted
- Georgia Gwinnett College GA · 96% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.