by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Augusta University landed the #498 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, Augusta University took the #8 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Augusta University came in at #352.
In addition, Augusta University took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Georgia.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 65.5% of the total graduate students at Augusta University are women and 34.5% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Augusta University, around 39.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Augusta University is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.7% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,504 | $18,772 |
| Fees | $1,940 | $1,940 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Augusta University enter careers with an average starting salary of $63,166. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 8% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Augusta University enter careers with an average starting salary of $85,374. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 13% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Augusta University.
Contact details for Augusta University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1120 15Th St, Augusta, GA 30912 |
| Phone: | 706-721-0211 |
| Website: | www.augusta.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaRegentsU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/georgiaregents |
About 42.9% of the graduate students at Augusta University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 21.1% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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