University System of Georgia SER First-Time Freshmen with the HOPE/Zell Scholarship 
All Students Fall 2012 
First-Time Freshmen from Georgia High Schools* 
 
Institution Name Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Regents University Georgia State University University of Georgia Research Universities 
 
Total HOPE/Zell 
 
Eligible First- Number with 
 
First-Time Time Freshmen HOPE/Zell Fall 
 
Freshmen 
 
Fall 2012 
 
2012 
 
2,736 
 
1,291 
 
1,258 
 
913 
 
826 
 
427 
 
3,068 
 
2,913 
 
2,175 
 
4,628 
 
4,065 
 
3,983 
 
11,345 
 
9,095 
 
7,843 
 
Percentage with 
HOPE/Zell Fall 2012 
97.44 51.69 74.67 97.98 86.23 
 
Georgia Southern University Kennesaw State University University of West Georgia Valdosta State University Comprehensive Universities 
 
3,037 3,088 1,952 1,908 9,985 
 
2,849 2,963 1,904 1,829 9,545 
 
1,906 2,094 1,128 1,096 6,224 
 
66.90 70.67 59.24 59.92 65.21 
 
Albany State University Armstrong State University Clayton State University Columbus State University Fort Valley State University Georgia College & State University Georgia Southwestern State University Savannah State University Southern Polytechnic State University University of North Georgia State Universities 
 
498 985 616 1,181 636 1,186 389 1,017 711 2,819 10,038 
 
475 888 552 1,016 609 1,163 355 924 695 2,650 9,327 
 
161 526 215 551 156 1,063 223 227 484 1,554 5,160 
 
33.89 59.23 38.95 54.23 25.62 91.40 62.82 24.57 69.64 58.64 55.32 
 
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Atlanta Metropolitan State College Bainbridge State College College of Coastal Georgia Dalton State College Darton State College East Georgia State College Georgia Gwinnett College Georgia Highlands College Georgia Perimeter College Gordon State College Middle Georgia State College South Georgia State College State Colleges 
 
878 493 393 578 842 1,149 1,238 2,266 1,098 3,383 963 1,537 930 15,748 
 
805 345 267 519 794 967 1,144 2,159 998 2,800 930 1,372 829 13,929 
 
413 10 44 239 426 277 312 495 299 484 314 553 299 4,165 
 
51.30 2.90 
16.48 46.05 53.65 28.65 27.27 22.93 29.96 17.29 33.76 40.31 36.07 29.90 
 
System Total 
 
47,116 
 
41,896 
 
23,392 
 
55.83 
 
** "First-time Freshmen from Georgia High Schools" are the subset of freshmen who have a graduation date from a Georgia high school of 1993 or later. These students are considered eligible for HOPE/Zell, but in order to receive HOPE/Zell. they must meet academic requirements (a 3.0 in core high school courses). This column also includes any additional first-time freshmen receiving HOPE/Zell according to GSFC records but who did not appear to ADC as Georgia high school graduates. This report includes only those students who received the HOPE/Zell Scholarship; it does not count HOPE Grant recipients as scholarship recipients. 
 
srpt701a 12/15/2014