Non-Traditional Admission
Information for Future Students
In order to make the University System of Georgia (USG) more accessible to citizens who are not of traditional college-going age and to encourage a higher proportion of Georgians to benefit from life-long learning, the USG colleges and universities may admit as many non-traditional students as is appropriate based on institutional mission, academic programs, and success in retaining and graduating non-traditional students. There are two types of non-traditional admission:
Non-Traditional Freshmen
Non-traditional freshmen are defined as individuals who meet all of the following criteria:
- Have been out of high school at least five years and whose high school class graduated at least five years ago;
- Hold a high school diploma from an accredited or approved high school as specified in or have satisfactorily completed the GED; and,
- Have earned fewer than thirty transferable semester credit hours as defined in .
Non-Traditional Transfers
Non-traditional transfer students are defined as individuals who meet all of the following criteria:
- Have been out of high school at least five years or whose high school class graduated at least five (5) years ago; and,
- Have earned thirty or more transferable hours of college credit, as defined in .
Non-traditional freshmen and non-traditional transfer applicants are evaluated for Learning Support placement.
62 and Older Program
Georgia residents who are aged 62 and older may be eligible to take courses on a space available basis at little or no cost. Additional information can be found in . Students who are interested in this program should contact their college or university of interest for additional information.