College Costs in Georgia

The 2023 Directory of Georgia Colleges and Prices

Georgia Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2022

How much does it cost to attend college in Georgia?   The average annual in-state college tuition in Georgia was $10,463 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is $4,667 lower than the U.S. average and ranks Georgia in the middle of the pack as the 40th most expensive and 13th most affordable state or district to attend college. This is a change of ($1,846) from the 2019-2020 average of $12,309 and represents a -15% annual decline. The list of Georgia colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 114 colleges and universities in Georgia, the most popular being University of Georgia with 35,681 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $9,790. Emory University is the most expensive in Georgia with an in-state tuition of $54,660.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. Georgia colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in Georgia or cheap Georgia colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Explore Georgia Colleges

School Tuition Rating Value
Carver Bible College

Atlanta, Georgia

$12,035 NA NA
Central Georgia Technical College

Macon, Georgia

$1,920 NA NA
Chattahoochee Technical College

Marietta, Georgia

$2,400 NA NA
Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, Georgia

$21,308 24 NA
Clayton State University

Morrow, Georgia

$4,064 NA NA
College of Coastal Georgia

Brunswick, Georgia

$2,563 23 4
Columbus State University

Columbus, Georgia

$4,371 28 11
Columbus Technical College

Columbus, Georgia

$2,400 NA NA
Covenant College

Lookout Mountain, Georgia

$36,700 57 53
Dalton State College

Dalton, Georgia

$2,563 NA NA
Darton College

Albany, Georgia

$2,181 NA NA
DeVry University Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

$15,835 NA NA
East Georgia College

Swainsboro, Georgia

$2,280 NA NA
Emmanuel College

Franklin Springs, Georgia

$21,176 24 6
Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

$54,660 94 97
Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, Georgia

$4,064 13 1
Fortis College

Smyrna, Georgia

$14,306 NA NA
Gainesville State College

Oakwood, Georgia

$2,277 NA NA
Georgia Christian University

Lilburn, Georgia

$5,520 NA NA
Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

$7,508 46 13