by our College Data Analytics Team
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University of Georgia was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is elementary education.
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College Factual ranked UGA as #72 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UGA held the #79 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UGA is also ranked #3 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
University of Georgia has an acceptance rate of 40%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for UGA.
About 45% of students accepted to UGA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 720. Math scores were between 630 and 730.
The student to faculty ratio at University of Georgia is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Georgia is 93%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 95% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Georgia enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UGA for first-time, full-time students is 65%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 29,765 undergraduates at UGA with 27,888 being full-time and 1,877 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,303 | $10,688 | $15,037 | $17,630 | $17,971 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UGA, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UGA, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $6,481 a year. That adds up to $25,924 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UGA is 1.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UGA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Administration Building, Athens, GA 30602 |
| Phone: | 706-542-3000 |
| Website: | www.uga.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uga.edu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/universityofga |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 557 | $21,614 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 519 | $56,462 |
| General Psychology | 515 | $26,130 |
| Marketing | 395 | $47,961 |
| Political Science & Government | 395 | $33,737 |
| Management Information Systems | 342 | $67,138 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 310 | $40,201 |
| International Relations & National Security | 264 | $34,590 |
| Computer Science | 256 | $70,908 |
| Health & Physical Education | 244 | $27,788 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 7,878 students took at least one online class at University of Georgia. This is an increase from the 6,158 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,878 | 1,136 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,158 | 880 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,389 | 828 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,700 | 743 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,712 | 632 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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