University of Georgia
Work Terrell Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Work(706) 542-8776
Admissions E-mail: undergrad@admissions.uga.edu
Web site: http://www.uga.edu
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Tier 1
College Category:
National Universities
National Universities
Overview : University of Georgia
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Public |
| Year founded: | 1785 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 25,335 |
| Setting | urban |
| Endowment: | $188,304,864 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 1/15 |
| Application fee: | $50 |
| Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: | 54.3 % |
| Selectivity: | more selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2008-2009 In-state: $6,030; Out-of-state: $22,342 |
| Mission | |
| School mission | UGA was established by an act of the Georgia Legislature in 1785, making it the first university in America to be chartered by a state government. The principles embodied in its Charter - that education is the foundation of a democratic society and a right of all citizens, and that providing education is the responsibility of government - helped give rise to the American system of public higher education. UGA's picture-book 615-acre campus, in the Appalachian foothills about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, is adorned with many 19th century buildings including Old College, opened in 1806, and the 1832 University Chapel, which harbors a 17x25-foot oil painting of the interior of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, believed to be one of the largest indoor mounted oil paintings in the country. North Campus, featuring quads with century-old trees and scenic green spaces, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other notable campus features: bike paths, quiet gardens, one of the nation's largest student recreation/fitness centers and one of the oldest cemeteries on an American university campus (dating to 1814). UGA is Georgia's most popular college (a record 17,600 applications for the 2008 freshman class) and has one of the nation's largest and oldest Honors Programs, which attracts superior students from across the country. In 2007, UGA was the only public university in America with two Rhodes Scholarship winners. UGA students also received a Barry Goldwater and a Harry Truman scholarship in 2008, making UGA the only public university among only six schools with winners of Rhodes, Goldwater and Truman scholarships this academic year. Over the past 10 years, UGA has had five Rhodes Scholars, 29 recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship, six Truman Scholarship winners and four Marshall Scholars. The student satisfaction rate is high with 93 percent of freshmen returning as sophomores. Georgia's HOPE Scholarship keeps in-state student costs among the lowest at major public universities, and UGA ranks in the top 10 among research universities in the number of students who study abroad each year. Long a research leader in such fields as agriculture, biology and biotechnology, UGA is rapidly building strength in human and animal health and biomedicine with a new College of Public Health, a Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, a Cancer Center, a Center for Drug Discovery and a planned medical education partnership with the Medical College of Georgia. Building on another traditional strength in ecological and environmental teaching and research, UGA opened the Eugene Odum School of Ecology in 2007 as the nation's only stand-alone school devoted to ecological studies. UGA's Grady College of Journalism is home to the prestigious Peabody Broadcasting Awards, and the Peabody Archives in the UGA Library contain some of the best radio, television and cable programs ever produced. UGA is home of Georgia's official state botanical garden, state art museum and state museum of natural history, as well as the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and the highly regarded Georgia Review literary journal. UGA and Delta Air Lines annually present the Delta Prize for Global Understanding, which recognizes individuals or groups whose initiatives promote peace and cooperation among cultures and nations of the world. |
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