The Morehead Honors College is home to 2,900 undergraduate students at the University of Georgia. The Honors College provides small course sections, support for undergraduate research for all UGA students, and student service to the campus and community.

Honors first-year profile

Honors students excel academically and engage in meaningful leadership and service activities that foster growth and positive change. While there is no minimum requirement to apply to Honors, the following data highlights the academic excellence for the middle 50% of our 2026 enrolled class:

SAT Middle 50%: 1500-1540 
ACT Middle 50%: 34-35  
UGA Calculated GPA: 4.29-4.46 

*This is not the GPA students see on their high school transcript, but rather the GPA that UGA recalculates for everyone based on the core academic courses taken in high school and the actual grades posted on the transcripts. 

Foundation Fellowship first-year profile

The Foundation Fellowship looks first and foremost for students who meet a very high academic threshold. Beyond that, the program seeks students who are leaders in their schools and communities; who possess special artistic, athletic, and other talents; who demonstrate intense intellectual curiosity about the world around them; and who possess a commitment to share their knowledge and gifts.

While there is no minimum requirement to apply for the Foundation Fellowship, the following data highlights the academic excellence of our 2026 enrolled Foundation Fellowship class:

SAT Average: 1555
ACT Average: 35
UGA Calculated GPA: 4.40

*This is not the GPA students see on their high school transcript, but rather the GPA that UGA recalculates for everyone based on the core academic courses taken in high school and the actual grades posted on the transcripts. 

Honors funding

Each year, we provide more than $3 million in scholarship support through the Foundation Fellowship, CURO Honors Scholarship, and Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. We fund 19 internships in Washington, D.C.; New York; and Savannah and support 100-plus students through our Honors International Scholars Program.

Internationally competitive scholarships

During the 2024-2025 school year, UGA students—especially Honors students—were again successful with regard to internationally competitive major scholarships. We had three Schwarzman Scholars, three Goldwater Scholars, a Knight-Hennessy Scholar, a Truman Scholar, a Udall Scholar, seven Boren Scholars, NSF Graduate Research Fellows, and Fulbright student recipients.

In the last thirty years, UGA has been one of the top three producers of Rhodes Scholars among public institutions.

Over the years…

Over the years, UGA has had:

• 28 Rhodes Scholars
• 2 Churchill Scholars
• 9 Gates Cambridge Scholars
• 9 Marshall Scholars
• 3 Mitchell Scholars
• 11 Schwarzman Scholars
• 23 Truman Scholars
• 4 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
• 2 Voyager Scholars
• 1 Quad Fellow
• 5 Pickering Fellows
• 5 Rangel Fellows
• 3 Payne Fellows
• 3 Beinecke Scholars
• 70 Goldwater Scholars
• 26 Udall Scholars
• 1 LAF Ignite Scholar
• 4 Carnegie Junior Research Fellows
• 112 Boren Scholarship and Fellowship offers
• 248 Fulbright U.S. Student acceptances (since 1950)