Georgia has 42 private and 27 public 4-year colleges that enroll 60,170 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $21,098 for in-state students and $31,239 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Georgia charge around $28,131 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Georgia provided $205.9 million in financial aid to 36,981 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $208.9 million in grants and scholarships to 17,708 students.

Georgia receives 2.6% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 25,631 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $131.6 million in pell grant ($5,267 per student on average), and 25,863 students received a total amount of $136.2 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($6,132 per student on average).