“Public comprehensive university in Carrollton with 87 programs of study and 14 NCAA Division I sports.”
The University of West Georgia is a mid-sized public university in Carrollton, Georgia, founded in 1906 and serving roughly 16,000 students across more than 66 undergraduate majors and wide-ranging graduate offerings. UWG is a University System of Georgia institution organized around six academic units — the Richards College of Business, the Tanner Health System School of Nursing, the College of Education, the College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry, the School of Communication, Film, and Media, and the Honors College — and is regarded as one of the more affordable four-year residential options in the Atlanta metro corridor. For international students, UWG offers an accessible English-language testing threshold (TOEFL iBT 69, IELTS 6.0, PTE 53 — note that Duolingo is not accepted), a traditional college-town setting 50 miles from downtown Atlanta, and an out-of-state tuition waiver that can reduce non-resident cost to the in-state rate for qualifying students. Popular fields include nursing (through the Tanner Health System partnership), psychology, education, business, and criminology, with the College of Business requiring a higher English-proficiency bar (TOEFL 79, IELTS 6.5) for its undergraduate admits. Campus life revolves around 'Love Valley' — a central green space where students gather for hammocks, impromptu football games and outdoor events — and the Wolves athletic program, anchored by Wolfie the mascot and the 'Go West / Go Wolves' call-and-response chant. Annual traditions like Wolves Red Fridays, Winter West Wonderland, and Homecoming, combined with on-campus housing, a strong Living-Learning Community program, and close proximity to Atlanta, give international students a classic Southern-college experience with big-city access when they want it.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
Test Optional — You can submit scores if they help your case, but they're not required.
Official SourceEarly Action
Non-binding; priority deadline
Regular Decision — Fall
International applicants urged to apply six months before term start
The deep admissions playbook beyond the headline acceptance rate — round-by-round breakdowns, nationality data, requirements, and contact paths.
Domestic
$6,088
/yr
Out-of-State / Intl
$17,800
/yr
Beyond the sticker price — every named scholarship, the financial aid policy, need-aware notes, and a personalized net-cost estimate.
How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
AACSB-accredited business college with programs in accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and management information systems.
Named partnership with Tanner Health System; CCNE-accredited BSN and graduate nursing programs and Georgia's oldest continuously operating RN program.
One of Georgia's largest teacher-prep pipelines; offers NCATE/CAEP-accredited programs in early-childhood, secondary, special education and educational leadership.
Broadest UWG college — houses humanities, the sciences, social sciences, psychology, math, and the arts.
Home to UWG's TV station (WUTV), film production studios, and majors in mass communication, film and digital media.
4 years
Tanner Health System School of Nursing — Georgia's oldest continuously operating RN program, CCNE-accredited.
4 years
UWG's largest and most distinctive undergraduate major; graduate programs feature a rare specialization in humanistic and transpersonal psychology.
4 years
Housed in the School of Communication, Film, and Media with full production facilities and proximity to Atlanta's 'Y'allywood' film industry.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $17,800
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
