Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Gordon State requires that all applicants must submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions cycle, approximately 0% of admitted students opted to submit SAT scores.
Average SAT Score
990
Students submitting SAT Score
Out of the total 1135 admitted students 30 students submitted their SAT score when applying.
5%
For the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, 50% of their scores fell within the following range 900-1080. Specifically, in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section, 50% of admitted students scored between 470 and 550, while 25% scored below 470 and another 25% scored above 550.
In the Math section, 50% of admitted students scored between 430 and 530, while 25% scored below 430 and 25% achieved a score of 530. The data suggests that, applicants with a composite SAT score of 990 or higher have competitive chances of gaining admission to Gordon State.
Overall, for the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, their scores placed most of them in the lower range, just above 23% of test takers nationally.
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Reading and Writing
470-550 -
Math
430-530
Average ACT Score
The average ACT score of admitted students for Fall 2021 enrollment season.
20
Students who Submitted ACT Score
Out of the 1135 admitted students 30 students submitted their ACT score when applying.
5%
Similar to the SAT, Gordon State requires all applicants to submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions round, around 5% of admitted students submitted ACT scores.
The middle 50% of admitted students received a composite ACT score between 16 and 23, with 25% scoring above 23 and another 25% scoring below 16.
For the admitted students who submitted ACT scores, their scores placed most of them around the middle, above 49% of test takers nationally.
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English
14-24 -
Math
15-24 -
Composite
16-23
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$30
Applicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in Gordon State during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, Gordon State received a total of 1,295 applications. These applications included 580 male applicants and 709 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 1,295 applicants, Gordon State admitted 1,135 students. Among the admitted students, there were 496 males and 635 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 587 students chose to enroll at Gordon State. This means that 587 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 290 were male and 297 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, Gordon State had an overall acceptance rate of 88% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 86% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 90%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. Gordon State had an overall yield rate of 52% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 58%, and for female admitted students, it was 47%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for Gordon State over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Gordon State College uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school record
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
Recommended
- Completion of college-preparatory program
Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Recommendation letters
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Gordon State College.
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Credit for life experiences
Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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