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| Founded |
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January 27, 1785, by the Georgia General Assembly; UGA is the first state-chartered university in America. |
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| Location |
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Athens, Georgia (Clarke County), about 60 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. |
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| Size |
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Main campus: 344 buildings on 614 acres; Total acreage in 31 Georgia counties: 42,073 acres |
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Enrollment
(Fall
Semester
2001) |
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Undergraduate: 24,771
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Graduate/Professional: 7,958
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Other: 212
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| Total: 32,941 |
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| From Georgia: 81.7% |
Male: 43% |
| Other U.S. States: 14.1% |
Female: 57% |
| 134 other nations: 4.2% |
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Work Force
(As of
November
2001) |
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Faculty (instructional/research/public service): 2,821
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Administrative/other professional: 3,096
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Technical/clerical/crafts/maintenance: 4,231
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Total: 10,148 |
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Annual Budget
(FY2002) |
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$1.1 billion (41% provided by the state of Georgia) |
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| Research |
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Income (FY 2001): $123 million |
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Expend. (FY 2001): $272 million |
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Intellectual Property Income (FY2001): $3.8 million
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Student
Scholastic
Achievement |
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2001 Freshmen: 4,298 total
• Avg. SAT score – 1215; Avg. GPA – 3.71
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Honors Program: 2,200, incl. about 408 freshmen
• Freshman Avg. SAT score – 1404; GPA – 4.00
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Rhodes Scholars:19 overall, 4 since 1995
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95 percent or more of in-state freshmen earned the HOPE Scholarship each of the past five years.
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Honors
and
Awards |
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National Academy of Sciences members: 7 faculty
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences members: 6 faculty
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National Academy of Engineering members: 2 faculty
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Pulitzer Prize recipients: 2 faculty, 5 alumni
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Schools
and
Colleges |
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Agricultural and Environmental Sciences |
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Arts and Sciences |
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Business |
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Education |
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Environment and Design |
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Family and Consumer Sciences |
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Forest Resources |
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Graduate School |
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Journalism and Mass Communication |
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Law |
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Pharmacy |
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Public and International Affairs |
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Social Work |
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Veterinary Medicine |
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Academic
Offierings |
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20 Baccalaureate degrees in 166 major fields
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27 Master’s degrees in 145 fields
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20 Educational Specialist degrees
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4 Doctoral degrees in 105 areas
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Professional degrees in law, pharmacy, veterinary medicine
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80 Study Abroad programs
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| Athletics |
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NCAA Division I, Southeastern Conference
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9 men’s varsity sports,
12 women’s varsity sports
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18 National Championships, 9 since 1999 |
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| Libraries |
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More than 3.9 million volumes, and one of the nation’s largest map collections
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Student
Activities |
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About 500 registered student organizations
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• 28 social fraternities
• 22 social sororities
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Total
Living
Alumni |
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More than 232,000 |
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What
the College
Guides Say |
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• U.S. News & World Report’s 2002 “Best Colleges” edition ranks UGA 18th among national public research universities. |
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• Kiplinger’s Magazine ranks UGA 6th among the nation’s top 100 public schools in the nation in terms of getting the best “bang for the buck.”
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The University of Georgia...
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...is home of the Peabody Awards, presented annually for excellence in television and radio news, entertainment and children’s programming.
...is home of Georgia’s State Botanical Garden, State Museum of Art, and State Museum of Natural History.
...is home of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
...has one of the largest and most comprehensive public service and outreach programs conducted by an American educational institution.
...presents the annual Delta Prize for Global Understanding, which recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives promote peace and cooperation among cultures and nations.
...ranks 12th nationally in the number of students studying abroad.
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Prominent Alumni
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• Georgia Gov. Sunny Perdue
• Robert Benham, first African-American chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court
• A.D. “Pete” Correll, chairman and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp.
• Georgia Sec. of State Cathy Cox
• Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher
• U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas
• John Huey, editorial director of Time, Inc.
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault, CNN International bureau chief in South Africa
• Robert McTeer, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
• U.S. Sen. Zell Miller of Georgia
• Pat Mitchell, president of Public Broadcasting Service
• Hala Moddelmog, president of Church’s Chicken
• Deborah Norville, television journalist
• Deborah Roberts, ABC News producer and correspondent
• Georgia Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor
• U.S. Senate Saxby Chambliss of Georgia
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