UGA Rises in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
The university is now 21st as a top public institution.
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The University of Georgia may have dropped as a top party school, but it has risen as a top public university in rankings recently released in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of America’s Best Colleges.
UGA now ranks 21st among the nation’s top public universities.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked the UGA Terry College of Business well again this year, particularly for insurance and risk management, which placed second among top public and private universities. The college ranked fourth in the real estate category and tied for 31st for overall programs.
In 2012, U.S. News & World Report surveyed 1,391 ranked colleges and universities, measuring an institution’s undergraduate academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance (the difference between actual and predicted graduation rates) and alumni giving.
The 2012 college rankings are available online. They will also be in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 edition of America’s Best Colleges guidebook, available Sept. 18.
Milan Moravec
10:13 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
Elete University of California Berkeley ranking submarines. University of California negates the promise of equality of opportunity: university access, affordability is farther and farther out of reach. Self-absorbed Chancellor Birgeneau, Provost Breslauer are outspoken for Cal. ‘charging Californians much higher’ tuition.
Birgeneau ($450,000) Breslauer ($306,000) like to blame the politicians, since they stopped giving them their demanded funding. The ‘charge Californians higher tuition’ skyrocketed fees by an average 14% per year from 2006 to 2011-12 academic years. If Chancellor Provost had allowed fees to rise at the same rate of inflation over the past 10 years they would still be in reach of most middle income students. Breslauer Bergeneau increase disparities in higher education and defeat the promise of equality of opportunity.
Additional state tax funding must sunset. The sluggish economy and 10% unemployment devistate family savings. Simply asking for more taxes to fund self-absorbed Cal.senior leadership, old inefficient higher education practices, excessive faculty staff compensation and burdensome bonuses, is not the answer.