The Academic Common Market (ACM) is an interstate agreement for sharing educational programs and facilities, allowing students to participate in selected programs not offered in their home states without having to pay out-of-state tuition charges. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) coordinates the activities of the Academic Common Market for the sixteen participating states, which include Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

One of the primary functions of the Academic Common Market is to assist states in offering together what they cannot offer alone. Programs are added to and removed from the Market on an annual basis in order to reflect the changing needs of participating states. The state of Georgia currently makes program changes once annually during the spring.

For a list of undergraduate degree programs non-Georgia residents may study without having to pay out-of-state tuition, as well as the ACM policies and procedures, visit www.admiss.gatech.edu/acm or call the Office of Undergraduate Admission at 404.894.4154.

Graduate Academic Common Market

The Institute participates in the Academic Common Market (ACM) Program managed by the Southern Regional Education Board. By interstate agreement, the Market enables southern states to share academic programs. Residents of the participating states who qualify for admission and gain the approval of their state coordinators may enroll on an in-state tuition basis. The Georgia Tech programs currently participating in ACM are graduate programs in building construction and integrated facility management, architecture, city and regional planning, city planning/architecture joint program; as well as undergraduate programs in nuclear and radiological engineering, and polymer and fiber engineering.