Just the Facts
Founding History
1906 Georgia General Assembly passes the Perry Act, establishing the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School
1933 West Georgia College, a junior college, established on the campus of the former A&M school
1996 State University of West Georgia
2005 University of West Georgia
Accreditation
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges as a Level VI institution
Initially accredited: 1936
Reaffirmed: 2024
Next Reaffirmation: 2034
Carnegie Classification
2018 classification -- D/PU - Doctoral/Professional Universities
University System of Georgia Classification
Comprehensive University
Identification Codes
IPEDS Code 141334
OPEID Code (6 digit) 001601
OPEID Code (8 digit) 00160100
Control
Public
Campus
Rural, 665.19 total acres
Carrollton main campus, 645 acres
Newnan Instructional Site, 5.55 acres
Brock Property/Tyus Road, 14.64 acres
Enrollment, Fall 2025
Total Students 16,072
USG FTE 12,374
Undergraduate Headcount 10,075
Graduate Headcount 5,997
Female 69.93%
Male 30.07%
Living on Campus 1,821
Degrees and Awards Conferred FY 2025
4,453 Total
9 Certificates of less than 1 yr
5 Nexus
1,483 Baccalaureate
29 Second Majors on Degrees Conferred
106 Post-baccalaureate Certificate
1,067 Master
491 Post-master's Certificate
1,225 Education Specialist
67 Doctorate
Geographic Origin of Students, Fall 2025
45 U.S. States and Territories and 66 Countries, not including GA & the U.S.
Degree and Certificate Programs, Fall 2025 (Degrees and Majors Authorized)
118 Total Programs
4 Nexus degree program
46 bachelor's degree programs
24 master's degree programs
6 Education Specialist degree programs
5 doctoral degree programs - 4 Ed.D. programs and 1 Ph.D. program
23 certificates - 21 post-baccalaureate certificates, 2 post-master certificates,
and 10 undergraduate certificates of less than one year
Top 5 Undergraduate Declared Majors, Fall 20251
1. Psychology (584 majors)
2. Management (568 majors)
3. Biology (448 majors)
4. Nursing, BSN (439 majors)
5. Marketing (409 majors)
Top 5 Graduate Declared Majors, Fall 20251
1. EDS in Instructional Technology, Media & Design (726 majors)
2. MAT in Teacher Education (609 majors)
3. EDS - Special Education (570 majors)
4. Certification Ed Leadership - Tier One (484 majors)
5. EDS - Elementary Education (456 majors)
Undergraduate Student-Faculty Ratio, Fall 20252
17:01
Full-time Faculty with Doctorate or Other Terminal Degree,
Fall 20253
80%
Student Life, Fall 2025
13 Intercollegiate Athletics Teams - NCAA Division I, Atlantic Sun Conference
4 Honor Societies
16 Religious-Based Campus Organizations
12 Sororities
14 Fraternities
Student Government Association
Student Activities Council
Leadership Programs
Over 179 student organizations, including departmental, honorary, international/cultural, professional, political, recreational, religious, social, and special interest organizations.
Operating Budget
$238,046,565 budgeted for FY 2025
Endowment
$49,016,912 FY2024 (end of year)
External Research Contracts and Grant Reporting per Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)
FY2025
$4,792,115 Grants/Contracts Awarded
$2,417,319 Total Expenditure of Grant Contracts
$719,000 External Research Contracts and Grant Reporting per Higher Education Research and Development (HERD)
Regional Economic Impact*
$654,416,321 FY 2024
1Rankings are as of mid-term census date and are based on the self-declared, primary major. Excludes undeclared/undecided and non-degree students.
2 Full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part-time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full-time plus 1/3 part-time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students. Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.
3All faculty that hold administrative titles such as Dean, Assoc/Asst Dean, Chair, Director, Vice President, Assoc/Asst VP, Librarian, etc. are counted as part-time.
* Regional Economic Impact (REI) is calculated by the Carl Vinson Institute for Government as part of a University System of Georgia Initiative. REI is only available at the institutional level. The most recent report can be found on the University System of Georgia website.