The Academic Common Market (ACM), which is administered by the Southern Regional Education ¾º²Â×ãÇòapp,Âò×ãÇò¾º²Êapp (SREB), allows for Georgia residents who are enrolled in specific programs at out-of-state institutions to be charged only the applicable in-state tuition by the institution in which the student is enrolled. Only programs that are listed in the Georgia Academic Common Market Inventory (see “Search for Qualifying Georgia Academic Common Market Programs,” below) are eligible for participation in the Georgia Academic Common Market. Georgia is not accepting requests to add new programs to its Academic Common Market Inventory. Eligible programs are programs that were identified as being at least 51 percent different in curricular content than programs offered in Georgia. Participating states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia (Florida and Texas participate only at the graduate level).
The list of programs approved for participation in the Georgia Academic Common Market is subject to change without notice.
Search for Qualifying Georgia Academic Common Market Programs
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The programs on the list below will no longer be available through the Georgia Academic Common Market for students who begin their enrollment after Fall semester 2023.
Students who have been certified for the Georgia Academic Common Market and enrolled in their programs by Fall semester 2023 will continue to be eligible as long as there is no break in their enrollment and they do not change majors.
Students who are certified for fall 2023, but delay their enrollment until spring 2024 or later will not be eligible for participation in the Georgia Academic Common Market.
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Animation
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Audio Production
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Horse Science
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Recording Industry/Music Business
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
- Middle Tennessee State University - B.S. in Video & Film Production
- Murray State University - B.S. in Agriculture - Animal Technology/Animal/Equine Science and Management
- Old Dominion University - B.S.B.A. in Maritime Supply Chain Management
- Radford University - B.S. in Anthropological Sciences - Forensic Anthropology Concentration
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - B.S. in Industrial Distribution
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - B.S. in Medical Sociology
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - M.P.H. Public Health: Public Health - Environmental Health - Industrial Health concentration
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - M.P.H. Public Health: Public Health - Health Care Organization - Public Health/Business Concentration
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - Ph.D. Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy
- University of Kentucky - B.S. in Animal Science/Animal Industry - Equine Concentration
- University of Kentucky - B.S. in Equine Science and Management - Equine Management and Industry
- University of Kentucky - B.S. in Equine Science and Management - Equine Science
- University of Kentucky - B.A. and B.S. in Integrated Strategic Communication
- University of Kentucky - B.A. in Interior Design
- University of Kentucky - B.S. in Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles
- University of Kentucky - B.A./B.S. in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
- University of South Carolina at Columbia - B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
- University of South Carolina at Columbia - B.S. in Retailing/Fashion Merchandising
- University of South Carolina at Columbia - B.S. in Retailing/Retail Management
- University of South Carolina at Columbia - M.P.H. in Epidemiology
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - M.S. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - D.N.P. in Nursing - Nurse Anesthesia Concentration
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - D.O.T. in Occupational Therapy
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - M.A. in Anthropology/Biological Anthropology
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.A. in Anthropology/Forensic Concentration
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.S. in Audiology and Speech Pathology
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.S. in Deaf Studies - Educational Interpreting
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville - B.A. in Interior Architecture
Program Highlights:
Approved programs must be designed to culminate in the conferral of a baccalaureate, masters, specialist, or doctoral degree, and the institution must be able to classify the participant as degree-seeking. All other degrees or awards are not eligible for inclusion in the ACM. Additionally, some institutions and states may impose additional acceptance requirements such as full-time enrollment status.
Academic Common Market Disclaimer
As the coordinating agency for the state of Georgia’s participation in the SREB’s Academic Common Market (ACM), the University System of Georgia (USG) reserves the right at its discretion and at any time to remove academic programs offered by Georgia institutions from the ACM and/or remove access to academic programs at out-of-state institutions offered to Georgians through the ACM.
Students who begin studies at one institution with the intent to transfer to an ACM institution/program are not guaranteed ACM access if the respective program is removed from the ACM ¾º²Â×ãÇòapp,Âò×ãÇò¾º²Êapp their time at the institution of origin.