Selectivity
53%
Total Students
39,887
UG 30,197
PG 9,690
Satisfaction Index
95%
Salary After Attending
$47,300
BASIC
| Web Site | www.uga.edu |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | Athens |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 30,197 |
| Women | 17,069 (56.53%) |
| Men | 13,128 (43.47%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 9,690 |
| Women | 5,797 (59.82%) |
| Men | 3,893 (40.18%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 53% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 44,418 |
| Graduation Rate | 85% |
| Retention Rate | 95 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | https://www.admissions.uga.edu/ |
| Online Application URL | https://wwww2.admissions.uga.edu/access |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 53 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | Yes |
| Early Action Application Deadline | 15-10-2017 |
| Early Action Notification Date | 01-12-2017 |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 53% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 55% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 49% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 50% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 48% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 54% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | 30% of applicants were admitted |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 570 | 660 |
| SAT - Maths | 580 | 580 |
| ACT - Composite | 26 | 30 |
| ACT - Writing | 6 | 8 |
| ACT - English | 26 | 33 |
| ACT - Maths | 25 | 30 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://osfa.uga.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://www.collegeportraits.org/GA/UGA/estimator/agree |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$29,844 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$9,616 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,006 |
Other Expenses |
$3,952 |
| Total | $44,418 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$26,360 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$9,616 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,006 |
Other Expenses |
$3,952 |
| Total | $40,934 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | No |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | No |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | - |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 0.0% |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | - |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | - |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. | 50 | 4 | - |
| Agricultural and Extension Education Services. | - | 21 | - |
| Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding. | - | 3 | 5 |
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism. | 11 | - | - |
| Agricultural Economics. | 39 | 12 | 6 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science. | - | 2 | 7 |
| Animal Health. | 1 | - | - |
| Animal Sciences, General. | 69 | 11 | 2 |
| Dairy Science. | 2 | 1 | - |
| Food Science. | 23 | 22 | 2 |
| Food Technology and Processing. | - | 1 | - |
| Horticultural Science. | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management. | - | 4 | - |
| Poultry Science. | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| Soil Science and Agronomy, General. | 1 | - | - |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management. | 8 | - | - |
| Category total | 246 | 88 | 25 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | - | 11 | - |
| Landscape Architecture. | 43 | 16 | - |
| Category total | 43 | 27 | 0 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| African-American/Black Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies. | 2 | - | - |
| Women's Studies. | 8 | - | - |
| Category total | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. | 62 | 2 | 9 |
| Bioinformatics. | - | 1 | 6 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 400 | - | - |
| Biomedical Sciences, General. | - | - | 1 |
| Biostatistics. | - | 1 | - |
| Biotechnology. | 14 | 4 | - |
| Botany/Plant Biology. | - | 3 | 9 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology. | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| Ecology. | 34 | 7 | 9 |
| Entomology. | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Epidemiology. | - | - | 2 |
| Genetics, General. | 35 | - | 9 |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography. | - | 5 | 4 |
| Microbiology, General. | 41 | 1 | 7 |
| Neuroscience. | - | - | 3 |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology. | - | 4 | 1 |
| Toxicology. | - | 3 | 5 |
| Category total | 616 | 41 | 73 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting. | 195 | 160 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 202 | 166 | 10 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 9 | - | - |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 85 | 5 | 6 |
| Fashion Merchandising. | 67 | - | - |
| Finance, General. | 465 | - | - |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General. | - | 10 | - |
| Insurance. | 177 | - | - |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce. | 1 | - | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | 178 | - | - |
| Marketing Research. | - | 19 | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 292 | - | - |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management. | - | 9 | - |
| Real Estate. | 64 | - | - |
| Category total | 1735 | 369 | 16 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Advertising. | 179 | - | - |
| Broadcast Journalism. | 64 | - | - |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia. | 107 | - | - |
| Journalism, Other. | - | 46 | - |
| Journalism. | 109 | - | - |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies. | - | - | 5 |
| Public Relations/Image Management. | 152 | - | - |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric. | 132 | 6 | 7 |
| Category total | 743 | 52 | 12 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Artificial Intelligence. | - | 3 | - |
| Computer Science. | 78 | 13 | 7 |
| Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design. | - | 9 | - |
| Category total | 78 | 25 | 7 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching. | - | 11 | 24 |
| Agricultural Teacher Education. | 22 | - | - |
| Art Teacher Education. | - | 2 | - |
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | - | 22 | 18 |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services. | - | 28 | - |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching. | 132 | 34 | 4 |
| Education, General. | - | 2 | - |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | 9 | 10 |
| Educational/Instructional Technology. | - | 22 | 8 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching. | - | - | 11 |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education. | 15 | 13 | - |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education. | 5 | - | - |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education. | 8 | 19 | - |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration. | - | 3 | 17 |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching. | 31 | 11 | - |
| Mathematics Teacher Education. | 23 | 16 | 6 |
| Music Teacher Education. | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| Reading Teacher Education. | - | 14 | 6 |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education. | 12 | 5 | 9 |
| Social Studies Teacher Education. | 24 | 15 | 2 |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | 58 | 21 | 3 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor. | - | 1 | - |
| Technical Teacher Education. | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| Category total | 344 | 265 | 132 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Agricultural Engineering. | 36 | 1 | 5 |
| Biochemical Engineering. | 19 | 4 | - |
| Biological/Biosystems Engineering. | 21 | 2 | - |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 17 | - | - |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 13 | - | - |
| Engineering, General. | - | 3 | 2 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering. | 17 | 1 | - |
| Category total | 123 | 11 | 7 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| English Language and Literature, General. | 118 | 5 | 6 |
| Category total | 118 | 5 | 6 |
| Work and Family Studies. | |||
| Apparel and Textiles, General. | - | 4 | - |
| Consumer Economics. | 59 | - | - |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication. | 25 | - | - |
| Family Resource Management Studies, General. | 29 | - | - |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General. | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Housing and Human Environments, General. | 25 | 7 | 4 |
| Human Development and Family Studies, General. | 131 | 7 | 6 |
| Textile Science. | - | - | 2 |
| Category total | 281 | 27 | 15 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Arabic Language and Literature. | 6 | - | - |
| Chinese Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | - | 8 | - |
| Comparative Literature. | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| French Language and Literature. | 12 | 3 | - |
| German Language and Literature. | 15 | 3 | - |
| Italian Language and Literature. | 1 | - | - |
| Japanese Language and Literature. | 5 | - | - |
| Latin Language and Literature. | 6 | 7 | - |
| Linguistics. | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| Russian Language and Literature. | 3 | - | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 82 | 5 | - |
| Category total | 187 | 36 | 13 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Athletic Training/Trainer. | 21 | - | - |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General. | 67 | 28 | 1 |
| Dietetics/Dietitian. | 52 | - | - |
| Environmental Health. | 16 | 5 | - |
| Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine. | - | 1 | - |
| Music Therapy/Therapist. | 1 | - | - |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences. | 11 | - | - |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design. | - | 5 | 7 |
| Public Health Education and Promotion. | 93 | - | 7 |
| Public Health, General. | - | 74 | 8 |
| Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine. | - | 2 | - |
| Veterinary Infectious Diseases. | - | - | 7 |
| Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology. | - | - | 3 |
| Veterinary Physiology. | - | - | 2 |
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General. | - | 5 | 1 |
| Category total | 261 | 120 | 36 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 92 | 2 | 7 |
| Category total | 92 | 2 | 7 |
| HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES. | |||
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration. | 69 | - | - |
| Category total | 69 | 0 | 0 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Administration. | - | 57 | 3 |
| Social Work. | 47 | 158 | 7 |
| Category total | 47 | 215 | 10 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | |||
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General. | - | 3 | - |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers. | - | 16 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES. | |||
| General Studies. | - | 13 | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. | 15 | - | - |
| Category total | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | - | 1 | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 61 | 5 | 11 |
| Statistics, General. | 32 | 24 | 9 |
| Category total | 93 | 30 | 20 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 113 | - | - |
| Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology. | 6 | - | - |
| Cognitive Science. | 20 | - | - |
| Historic Preservation and Conservation. | - | 7 | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 50 | - | - |
| Category total | 189 | 7 | 0 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 12 | - | - |
| Forest Sciences and Biology. | - | 49 | 9 |
| Forestry, General. | 20 | - | - |
| Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism. | 13 | - | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General. | - | 12 | 2 |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management. | 54 | - | - |
| Category total | 99 | 61 | 11 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General. | 21 | - | - |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science. | 129 | 69 | 8 |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies. | 2 | - | 1 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. | 74 | - | - |
| Category total | 226 | 69 | 9 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 14 | - | 2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies. | 18 | 6 | - |
| Category total | 32 | 6 | 2 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Astronomy. | 6 | - | - |
| Chemistry, General. | 28 | 3 | 21 |
| Environmental Chemistry. | 4 | - | - |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 23 | 6 | 3 |
| Materials Science. | - | - | 1 |
| Physics, General. | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Category total | 72 | 17 | 31 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Counseling Psychology. | - | - | 13 |
| Educational Psychology. | - | 16 | 9 |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology. | - | 9 | - |
| Psychology, General. | 457 | 9 | 16 |
| Category total | 457 | 34 | 38 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 46 | 2 | 6 |
| Economics, General. | 97 | - | - |
| Geography. | 29 | 10 | 10 |
| International Relations and Affairs. | 211 | 8 | - |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 133 | 8 | 10 |
| Sociology. | 74 | 4 | 3 |
| Category total | 590 | 32 | 29 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation. | 18 | 3 | - |
| Art/Art Studies, General. | 114 | 19 | 6 |
| Dance, General. | 2 | - | - |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 28 | 8 | 1 |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies. | 14 | - | - |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General. | 10 | - | - |
| Music Performance, General. | 15 | - | - |
| Music Theory and Composition. | 3 | - | - |
| Music, General. | 11 | 19 | 20 |
| Category total | 215 | 49 | 27 |
| Grand total | 6982 | 1620 | 526 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 17 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | Not reported |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 30,197 |
| Women (% of total) | 17,069 (56.53%) |
| Men (% of total) | 13,128 (43.47%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.09 % Asian - 9.45 % Black/African-American - 7.58 % Hispanic/Latino - 5.51 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 3.65 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.11 % White - 70.67 % Unknown - 0.85 % International Students - 2.09 % |
| All Graduate Students | 9,690 |
| Women (% of total) | 5,797 (60%) |
| Men (% of total) | 3,893 (40%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.17 % Asian - 4.49 % Black/African-American - 10.07 % Hispanic/Latino - 2.5 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 2.39 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.05 % White - 62.45 % Unknown - 2.56 % International Students - 15.33 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 95 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
85 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | 63% |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | 15.0% |
| Disciplines Pursued | Not reported |
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