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James Morgan

UGA rises in U.S. News 2024 college rankings

The University of Georgia is ranked among the top 20 public university according to U.S. News & World Report. Georgia has been ranked in the top 20 for nine straight years. UGA is ranked as the No. 18 public school in the country.

Georgia is ranked No. 46 (tied) among national universities. Georgia currently has an enrollment of 31,514 undergraduate students.

“I wanted to acknowledge the University of Georgia again was recognized for U.S. News and World Report’s top public institutions in the country,” said Georgia football coach Kirby Smart. “We’re blessed to be part of a university that is one of the top public institutions in the country and consistently been in the top 20.”

“We sell that in recruiting hard. It certainly is a great academic institution, and we’re blessed to be a part of it. A lot of credit goes to our administration, President Morehead, our faculty, our students,” said Smart.

So how does U.S. News & World Report rank colleges? They heavily weigh graduate rates, peer assessment, graduation rate performance, and financial resources per student as the most important factors.

UGA is one of the best public schools in the country. So many folks have been so passionate about Georgia since UGA was founded in 1785.

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