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.
University of Georgia came in at #64 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. As a result, UGA is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
UGA also ranked #3 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UGA took the #73 spot on the list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. Because of its high ranking, UGA won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Georgia, UGA came in at #3.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 60.6% of the total graduate students at UGA are women and 39.4% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 22.9% of the graduate student population at UGA. UGA is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 14.7% 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 | $8,878 | $25,186 |
| Fees | $2,278 | $2,278 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from UGA is $53,492. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 8% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from UGA enter careers with an average starting salary of $70,336. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 7% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Georgia.
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 |
Around 20.9% of UGA graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 10.1% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
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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