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University of Georgia

University of Georgia
101 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30602


Website: https://www.uga.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 94%
Student:Faculty ratio: 17:1
Total faculty: 1574 men, 1145 women
Full-time faculty: 1319 men, 921 women
Part-time faculty: 255 men, 224 women
Graduation rate: 88% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Advertising
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Communication/Journalism
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal Health
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Arabic Language and Literature
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Astronomy
  • Athletic Training/Trainer
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Consumer Economics
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
  • Dairy Science
  • Dance, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Ecology
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Family Resource Management Studies, General
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Finance, General
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Language Teacher Education
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forestry, General
  • French Language and Literature
  • Genetics, General
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Housing and Human Environments, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Insurance
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Japanese Language and Literature
  • Journalism
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marine Sciences
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music Therapy/Therapist
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Public Relations/Image Management
  • Real Estate
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Women's Studies
Certificates

  • Actuarial Science
  • African Studies
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Archeology
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Asian Studies/Civilization
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Commonwealth Studies
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computational Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Disability Studies
  • Education, Other
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Studies
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Informatics
  • Information Technology
  • International Agriculture
  • International Public Health/International Health
  • International/Global Studies
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Music Management
  • Musical Theatre
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
  • Political Communication
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sports Communication
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
  • Writing, General
Diplomas

  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biometry/Biometrics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Clinical and Industrial Drug Development
  • Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities
  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Engineering, Other
  • Epidemiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Gerontology
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • International Public Health/International Health
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multicultural Education
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Online Educator/Online Teaching
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • School Psychology
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
  • Women's Studies
Doctorates

  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biostatistics
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemistry, General
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Ecology
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Evaluation and Research
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • Genetics, General
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Housing and Human Environments, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Microbiology, General
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health Education and Promotion
  • Public Health, General
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Infectious Diseases
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary Physiology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biochemical Engineering
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological/Biosystems Engineering
  • Biostatistics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Ecology
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Food Science
  • Food Technology and Processing
  • Foreign Language Teacher Education
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • Genetics, General
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • Historic Preservation and Conservation, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Housing and Human Environments, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Journalism, Other
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine
  • Latin Language and Literature
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Science
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Marketing Research
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Microbiology, General
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Pharmaceutics and Drug Design
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Programs for Foreign Lawyers
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health, General
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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