Georgia Private Colleges

There are 31 private colleges and universities in Georgia enrolling 86,405 students. Explore the list below to find the private college match for you. Private colleges are usually smaller in size, more expensive than public schools and often academically rigorous. If you feel you may have difficulty fitting into the large class sizes which are common on many public campuses, take a look at Georgia private colleges.  Georgia is home to popular private schools like Emory University and Spelman College.

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • 4.8 | 5 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Emory is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and the biological sciences. The wooded campus sits in Atlanta's Druid Hills neighborhood.

#1 Best Value in Georgia 10/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1470-1550
  • Avg GPA 3.8
  • Acceptance Rate 11%
  • Net Price $27,303
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Savannah, GA
  • 4.2 | 4 reviews

SCAD is a private art and design college known for undergraduate fashion, graphic design, and animation. The campus occupies renovated historic buildings in downtown Savannah.

#13 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1030-1270
  • Avg GPA 3.56
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $50,821
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Spelman is a highly selective historically Black women's college known for undergraduate sciences and the liberal arts. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Atlanta's West End, part of the Atlanta University Center.

#3 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1108-1320
  • Avg GPA 3.75
  • Acceptance Rate 25%
  • Net Price $40,354
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Apr 1 application deadline

Clark Atlanta is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate social work, business, and mass media arts. The urban Atlanta campus is part of the Atlanta University Center consortium with neighboring HBCUs.

#17 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 880-1120
  • Avg GPA 3.28
  • Acceptance Rate 64%
  • Net Price $31,223
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Macon, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Mercer is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and music. Most undergrads study on the historic main campus in Macon.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Georgia 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.98
  • Acceptance Rate 69%
  • Net Price $24,364
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Morehouse is a private historically Black men's college known for undergraduate business, political science, and biology. The urban Atlanta campus is part of the Atlanta University Center consortium with neighboring HBCUs.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 44%
  • Net Price $36,292
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Mount Berry, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 15 application deadline

Berry is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate animal science, business, and education. Most students join a campus work program on the college's 27,000-acre grounds of forests and farmland near Rome.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1125-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.84
  • Acceptance Rate 64%
  • Net Price $25,363
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Waleska, GA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Reinhardt is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and music. The campus is set in the small North Georgia mountain town of Waleska.

#11 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 940-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.25
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $24,550
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 15 application deadline

Oglethorpe is a private liberal arts college known for a required undergraduate core curriculum in the humanities and sciences. The wooded campus sits in Atlanta's Brookhaven neighborhood.

#9 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1090-1310
  • Avg GPA 3.73
  • Acceptance Rate 88%
  • Net Price $20,490
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Demorest, GA
  • 2.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jul 15 application deadline

Piedmont is a private university known for undergraduate education and nursing. The campus is set in the small town of Demorest in northeast Georgia's Blue Ridge foothills.

#8 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1038-1245
  • Avg GPA 3.54
  • Acceptance Rate 93%
  • Net Price $22,252
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Marietta, GA
  • | 0 reviews

Life University is a private university known for chiropractic education and undergraduate exercise science and biology. The suburban campus is in Marietta near Atlanta.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 920-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.11
  • Acceptance Rate 93%
  • Net Price $29,111
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Point University Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • West Point, GA
  • | 0 reviews

Point is a small private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry, business, and education. The campus is in the small town of West Point on the Georgia-Alabama border.

#16 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 972-1237
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Acceptance Rate 44%
  • Net Price $19,545
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Decatur, GA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • May 1 application deadline

Agnes Scott is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences, writing, and global learning. The residential campus sits in historic Decatur, just outside Atlanta.

#4 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.77
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $27,499
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Lagrange, GA
  • 3.5 | 2 reviews
  • Aug 31 application deadline

LaGrange is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate strengths in nursing, business, and the arts and sciences. The residential campus sits in the small city of LaGrange in west-central Georgia.

5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1123
  • Avg GPA 3.49
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $21,139
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Paine College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Augusta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Paine is a private historically Black liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The small urban campus sits in Augusta along the Savannah River.

2/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 776-976
  • Predicted Avg GPA 2.81
  • Acceptance Rate 95%
  • Net Price $15,935
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Young Harris, GA
  • 3.3 | 3 reviews

Young Harris is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia.

4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 930-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.15
  • Acceptance Rate 63%
  • Net Price $21,969
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Brewton Parker College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Mount Vernon, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Brewton-Parker is a small private Baptist college with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. The rural campus is located in the small town of Mount Vernon in southeast Georgia.

#19 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 2/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 880-1010
  • Avg GPA 3.0
  • Acceptance Rate 96%
  • Net Price $25,613
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Lookout Mountain, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Mar 1 application deadline

Covenant is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs taught from a Reformed theological perspective. The mountaintop campus on Lookout Mountain overlooks the Chattanooga valley.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1380
  • Avg GPA 3.7
  • Acceptance Rate 87%
  • Net Price $27,926
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