TRANSFER STUDENTS
Note: If you are enrolled in an associate degree pathway at Georgia State’s Perimeter College and wish to transition to the Atlanta Campus for a bachelor’s degree program, follow our instructions for Transition Students.
EARLY DEADLINES
Fall Semester: February 1
Spring Semester: October 1
Summer Semester: February 1REGULAR DEADLINES
Fall Semester: August 1
Spring Semester: December 1
Summer Semester: April 1
Steps To Apply
You will need to pay a $60 nonrefundable application fee when you submit your application. You can use a credit card or authorize a draft from a checking account.
- After you pay this fee, your application will be valid for the fall, spring and summer semesters of one full academic year.
- If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to another semester within the same academic year, complete a Reactivation Application.
- If you submit your application but need to change your entry term to a semester in another academic year, you must submit a new Undergraduate Application and application fee.
Note: Deadlines are subject to change.
We’ll need your official transcripts from every college or university you’ve attended. Schools may send them to us electronically through an approved transcript company at electronictranscript@gsu.edu or mail them to us here:
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4009
Atlanta, GA 30302-4009
Tips
- If you’re still enrolled in classes when you submit your application, you will also need to send us your final transcripts upon completion of your coursework.
- We do not accept student copies of transcripts, official transcripts that have already been opened or scanned, faxed or emailed copies of transcripts.
Review our transfer equivalency chart to estimate how much credit will transfer to Georgia State.*
If you have completed fewer than 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework, you’ll also need to submit an official high school transcript and electronic test scores for the SAT, ACT or both. For more information, review our requirements for high school applicants.
*This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.
Want to know where you stand? Log in to the Status Check to track your progress online and ensure you meet deadlines and other requirements.
If your application has been admitted, review our Accepted Student Next Steps.
Requirements & Guidelines
To transfer to Georgia State, you must:
- Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.5 for all college-level coursework attempted at previously attended regionally accredited institutions. (Excludes developmental and remedial classes.)
- Have completed 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of college-level coursework. If you haven’t met this requirement, you’ll need to submit an official high school transcript and electronic test scores for the SAT, ACT or both. For more information, review our requirements for high school applicants.
- Be eligible to re-enroll at the last institution you attended.
- Have completed all Required High School Curriculum units and Learning Support coursework required by any previously attended University System of Georgia school.
Note: Admission to Georgia State is a selective process. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance.
You may receive transfer credit for courses at accredited institutions of higher education as long as the courses parallel Georgia State’s curriculum. The department administering the degree program determines how credit hours may be used to satisfy specific course requirements and may elect to test the student’s proficiency in transferred course work.
Transfer Credit Guidelines
- To estimate your transfer credits, review our transfer equivalencies.*
- Development, vocational and occupational courses are not acceptable for transfer credit.
- You can apply no more than 12 semester credit hours of D grades — whether as resident credit (completed at Georgia State) or transfer credit — toward your degree requirements. No credit will be awarded for a course completed at a foreign institution with a grade that is equivalent to a D in the U.S.
- To be acceptable for transfer credit, English composition courses must have been completed with a grade of C or higher.
- Additional restrictions for transferring D grades may be included in certain degree programs.
- Courses completed at two-year colleges are typically awarded lower-division credit.
- You can earn no more than 30 total semester hours by extension or correspondence.
- Georgia State does not grant credit for college-level General Educational Development tests or courses completed at the United States Armed Forces Institute or any U.S. armed forces service school, except for military academies.
Academic Residence Requirement
To earn a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State, you have to satisfy our academic residence requirement:
- Earn 39 credit hours at Georgia State for courses numbered 3000 or higher with a grade point average of at least 2.0.
- Complete one-half of the courses that constitute your major or 11 credit hours in the major, whichever is less, at Georgia State.
Note: You cannot use credit by examination, credit by validation, credit earned through College Level Examination Program tests or Advanced Placement courses, or credit for courses specifically excluded by university policy to meet the academic residence requirement.
*This information is for reference only and does not automatically guarantee or preclude the transferable course credit. Equivalencies are subject to change upon official evaluation by Georgia State.
To qualify for in-state tuition, you must establish Georgia residency. Here’s how that works:
- You or your parent(s) must have lived in Georgia for at least 12 consecutive months immediately before your enrollment at a college or university.
- If you entered Georgia to attend an educational institution, your time in school is not normally counted toward the 12-month residence requirement.
- Your “legal residence” is your permanent home.
- You must not only live in Georgia but also intend to remain in Georgia indefinitely.
For more information, contact the Enrollment Services Center.
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About Us
As a rapidly growing public research university rooted in a major city, we’re flipping the script on the conventional college experience.
Learn About Tuition
Check out our Cost Calculator, financial aid and scholarships to get an idea of what you’ll spend to attend Georgia State.
Application Status
Use your Panther ID number to track your progress and ensure you meet deadlines and other requirements.
Contact Us
Our admissions counselors are here to guide you through the application and acceptance process. Connect with yours today. View our team of undergraduate admissions counselors (for bachelor's degrees).
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Admissions Counselor Search Results
Scott Burke
Specialty: Freshman Applicants
Out of State Areas: Massachusetts
Romina Torres-Aranda
Specialty: Freshman Applicants, High School Counselor Liaison, Latino Students
Out of State Areas: California, Puerto Rico
Peace Li
Specialty: Undergraduate International Students
Lan Nguyen
Specialty: Undergraduate International Students
Bianca Durant
Specialty: Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Walker
Out of State Areas: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Virginia
Ta'Keyah Holder
Specialty: Panther Excellence, Success Academy, Transfer, Transient, Transition
DiAna Kelley
Specialty: Atlanta Public Schools, Dual Enrollment, Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: DeKalb, Fulton – South
Out of State Areas: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Omar Nelson
Specialty: Freshman Applicants, GSU-62, Non-traditional, Postbaccalaureate, Re-entry
Georgia Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Clayton, Clinch, Coffee, Coweta, Crisp, Dodge, Echols, Evans, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson
Out of State Areas: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming
Donald Weatherington
Specialty: Appeals, Athletics, New Teacher Institute
Irving Williams
Specialty: Financial Aid Liaison, Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Crawford, Decatur, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Grady, Harris, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Paulding, Peach, Pike, Polk, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Troup, Upson, Webster, Worth
Out of State Areas: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah
There is no counselor assigned to your requested area. Please contact us at 404-413-2500 or admissions@gsu.edu.
Our admissions counselors are here to guide you through the application and acceptance process. Connect with yours today. View our team of undergraduate admissions counselors (for bachelor's degrees).
Looking for Perimeter College counselors?
Find your counselor.
Scott Burke
Specialty: Freshman Applicants
Out of State Areas: Massachusetts
Romina Torres-Aranda
Specialty: Freshman Applicants, High School Counselor Liaison, Latino Students
Out of State Areas: California, Puerto Rico
Peace Li
Specialty: Undergraduate International Students
Lan Nguyen
Specialty: Undergraduate International Students
Bianca Durant
Specialty: Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Floyd, Murray, Walker
Out of State Areas: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Virginia
Ta'Keyah Holder
Specialty: Panther Excellence, Success Academy, Transfer, Transient, Transition
DiAna Kelley
Specialty: Atlanta Public Schools, Dual Enrollment, Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: DeKalb, Fulton – South
Out of State Areas: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Omar Nelson
Specialty: Freshman Applicants, GSU-62, Non-traditional, Postbaccalaureate, Re-entry
Georgia Counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Clayton, Clinch, Coffee, Coweta, Crisp, Dodge, Echols, Evans, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Monroe, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson
Out of State Areas: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming
Donald Weatherington
Specialty: Appeals, Athletics, New Teacher Institute
Irving Williams
Specialty: Financial Aid Liaison, Freshman Applicants
Georgia Counties: Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Cook, Crawford, Decatur, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Grady, Harris, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Paulding, Peach, Pike, Polk, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Troup, Upson, Webster, Worth
Out of State Areas: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah
Specialty: Freshman Applicants, Something Else
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