LAST UPDATED: Thursday, January 24, 2002

UGA By the Numbers: a numerical portrait of the University of Georgia

Founded
January 27, 1785, by the Georgia General Assembly. UGA is the first state-chartered university in America.

Location
Athens, Georgia (Clarke County), about 60 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.

Size
Main campus: 338 buildings on 605 acres. Total acreage in 31 Georgia counties: 42,064 acres

Enrollment – Fall Semester 2001
Undergraduate 24,631
Graduate/Professional 7,488
Other 198
Total 32,317

From
Georgia 82.4%
Male 43%
Female 57%
Other U.S. States 13.5%
134 other nations 4.1%
Minority 10.1%

Work Force (As of November 2001)
Faculty (instr./rsrch/pub. svc) 2,798
Admin./other professional 2,917
Tech./clerical/crafts/maint. 4,362
Total 10,077

Annual Budget (FY 2002)
$1.1 billion (41% provided by the state of Georgia)

Research
Income (FY 2001) $123 million
Expend. (FY 2001) $272 million
Intellectual Property Income (FY 2001) $3.8 million

Schools and Colleges
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Environment and Design, Family and Consumer Sciences, Forest Resources, Graduate School, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, Pharmacy, Public and International Affairs, Social Work, Veterinary Medicine

Libraries
More than 3.7 million volumes, and one of the nation’s largest map collections

Student Scholastic Achievement
2001 Freshmen
4,495 total; Avg. SAT score: 1208; Avg. GPA: 3.64
95 percent or more of in-state freshmen earned the HOPE Scholarship each of the past five years.

Honors Program
2,200, including about 405 freshmen.
Freshman Avg. SAT score: 1394; GPA: 3.98

Rhodes Scholars
18 overall, 3 since 1995

Honors and Awards
National Academy of Sciences members: 9 faculty
American Academy of Arts & Sciences members: 7 faculty
National Academy of Engineering members: 2 faculty
Pulitzer Prize recipients: 2 faculty, 5 alumni

Academic Offerings
20 Baccalaureate degrees in
176 major fields
27 Master’s degrees in 149 fields
22 Educational Specialist degrees
4 Doctoral degrees in 109 areas
Professional degrees in law, pharmacy, veterinary medicine
77 Study Abroad programs

Athletics
NCAA Division I, Southeastern Conference
9 men’s varsity sports
12 women’s varsity sports
2001 National Championships: women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, women’s golf

Student Activities
About 400 registered student organizations, including 29 social fraternities and 25 social sororities

What the College Guides Say
U.S. News & World Report’s 2001 “Best Colleges” edition ranks UGA 18th among national public research universities. Kiplinger’s Magazine ranks UGA 15th among the nation’s top 100 public schools in the nation in terms of getting the best “bang for the buck.”

The University of Georgia...
...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 15th nationally in the number of students studying abroad.

Total Living Alumni
More than 211,000

Prominent Alumni
• Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes
• 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 Inter- national 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

Administration
Michael F. Adams, President
Karen A. Holbrook, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost
Henry M. Huckaby, Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration
Kathryn R. Costello, Senior Vice President for External Affairs

For more information, visit the following UGA Web sites:
UGA’s home page: www.uga.edu
UGA Today: www.uga.edu/news
Visitors Center: www.uga.edu/visctr
Admissions: www.uga.edu/admit
UGA Alumni Association: www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni

Produced by the Office of Public Affairs at the University of Georgia.
The University of Georgia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.