Gender Diversity
Based on the 2021-2022 data, the undergraduate student population at Georgia State is largely skewed towards women students, with 60.5% of undergraduate students being women and 39.5% being men. The total number of full-time, first-year undergraduate students is 28,985, with 17,534 women and 11,451 men.
On the other hand, the graduate student population at Georgia State is largely skewed towards women students, with 63.7% of undergraduate students being women and 36.3% being men. The total number of full-time, graduate students is 7,988, with 5,088 women and 2,900 men.
Undergraduate Students
- men 39.5% 11,451 students
- women 60.5% 17,534 students
Graduate Students
- men 36.3% 2,900 students
- women 63.7% 5,088 students
Racial Diversity
2021-2022 Academic Year
The largest ethnic group among the students is African American, comprising 42.3% of the undergraduates population , with a total of 12,241 students.
Following behind are White students, constituting 19.6% of the student body, with 5,672 students. Asian students represent 15.4% of the population, with 4,446 students, while Hispanic students account for 13.5%, with 3,905 students. Mixed race students account for 5.6% of the undergraduate student body, comprising 1,621 students. Finally, Hawaiian students have the smallest representation at 0.1% , with 17 students.
International students make up 3.1% of the undergraduate population, totaling 894 students.
There is also a notable percentage of students with an unknown race, making up 0.6% of the population, totaling 163 students.
The statistics/chart presented below provide an overview of the racial composition of all students (including undergraduate, graduate and transfer-in students) offering insights into the diversity present within Georgia State.
Undergraduate Students
- African American 42.3% 12,241 students
- White 19.6% 5,672 students
- Asian 15.4% 4,446 students
- Hispanic 13.5% 3,905 students
- Mixed race 5.6% 1,621 students
- International students 3.1% 894 students
- Unknown race 0.6% 163 students
- Hawaiian 0.1% 17 students
Graduate Students
- White 36.6% 2,919 students
- African American 26.3% 2,097 students
- International students 18.1% 1,446 students
- Asian 7.6% 605 students
- Hispanic 6.6% 529 students
- Mixed race 3.7% 292 students
- Unknown race 1.1% 89 students
- Hawaiian 0.0% 3 students
Transfer Students
- African American 46.7% 633 students
- White 25.8% 350 students
- Hispanic 10.5% 142 students
- Asian 7.3% 99 students
- Mixed race 5.3% 72 students
- International students 4.1% 56 students
- Unknown race 0.2% 3 students
- Hawaiian 0.0% 0 students
Students Age Diversity
- 18-19 33% 9,584 students
- 20-21 31% 9,013 students
- 22-24 19% 5,500 students
- 25-29 8% 2,372 students
- 30-34 3% 833 students
- 35-39 1% 396 students
- 40-49 1% 391 students
- 50-64 1% 198 students
- 25-29 32% 2,573 students
- 22-24 24% 1,898 students
- 30-34 17% 1,345 students
- 40-49 11% 848 students
- 35-39 9% 742 students
- 50-64 5% 415 students
- 20-21 1% 87 students
- 18-19 0% 2 students
Residency of Students
The following interactive map shows the residency of undergraduate students who enrolled at Georgia State University in the 2022 academic year.
| State name | Students Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 5,110 | 89.65% | |
| Florida | 75 | 1.32% | |
| Illinois | 48 | less than 1% | |
| New York | 42 | less than 1% | |
| Maryland | 41 | less than 1% | |
| North Carolina | 33 | less than 1% | |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | less than 1% | |
| Virginia | 28 | less than 1% | |
| South Carolina | 27 | less than 1% | |
| Texas | 26 | less than 1% | |
| New Jersey | 24 | less than 1% | |
| District of Columbia | 23 | less than 1% | |
| Alabama | 20 | less than 1% | |
| California | 18 | less than 1% | |
| Louisiana | 17 | less than 1% | |
| Tennessee | 17 | less than 1% | |
| Ohio | 16 | less than 1% | |
| Michigan | 15 | less than 1% | |
| Indiana | 11 | less than 1% | |
| Missouri | 9 | less than 1% | |
| Mississippi | 8 | less than 1% | |
| Connecticut | 7 | less than 1% | |
| Wisconsin | 7 | less than 1% | |
| Minnesota | 6 | less than 1% | |
| Arkansas | 5 | less than 1% | |
| Nevada | 5 | less than 1% | |
| Washington | 5 | less than 1% | |
| Colorado | 4 | less than 1% | |
| Maine | 3 | less than 1% | |
| Rhode Island | 3 | less than 1% | |
| Arizona | 2 | less than 1% | |
| Iowa | 2 | less than 1% | |
| Kansas | 2 | less than 1% | |
| Nebraska | 2 | less than 1% | |
| Delaware | 1 | less than 1% | |
| New Hampshire | 1 | less than 1% | |
| New Mexico | 1 | less than 1% | |
| Oklahoma | 1 | less than 1% | |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | less than 1% | |
| South Dakota | 1 | less than 1% | |
| West Virginia | 1 | less than 1% |
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