2012 Graduate Rankings

2012 National Rankings UGA graduate education programs 3rd among public colleges in the South 32nd among public colleges in the nation 46th overall nationally

The University of Georgia College of Education’s overall graduate program is perennially ranked among the nation’s top universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Graduate Schools” issue.

Individually, our graduate programs rank among the nation’s Top 20 programs in 9 of 10 possible areas.

UGA Top 10 Specialty Rankings 2nd Vocational/Technical

2nd 5th 5th 6th

Counseling/Personnel Service Secondary Education Higher Education Administration Elementary Education

UGA Top 20 Specialty Rankings 11th 14th 16th 19th

Curriculum/Instruction Educational Psychology Special Education Administration/Supervision

Health Program Rankings 46th Speech-Language Pathology (ranked in 2008)

How the UGA College of Education compares to the nation’s best 5th in # of Top 10 programs

1st in # of Top 20 programs

Among the highest-ranked universities, UGA had as many or more programs in the Top 10 nationally than all but four other institutions. Here’s how UGA compares with the Top 15 education colleges.

Even more impressive, UGA had more graduate education programs ranked in the Top 20 than all but two of the highest-ranked institutions—No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 4 Teachers College—and tied them with 9 in 10 possible categories.

University

# of Top 10 National Programs Rank

University

# of Top 20 National Programs Rank

Georgia

5 46

Georgia

Vanderbilt Harvard Texas Stanford Teachers College-Columbia UCLA Northwestern Oregon Michigan Washington Wisconsin California Pennsylvania Southern California Boston College NYU

7 1 3 2 2 2 6 4 5 4 3 6 0 7 1 8 6 9 5 9 7 9 2 12 2 12 2 12 0 15 0 15

Vanderbilt 9 1 Harvard 6 2 Texas 7 2 Stanford 7 4 Teachers College-Columbia 9 4 UCLA 7 6 Northwestern 2 7 Oregon 1 8 Michigan 7 9 Washington 6 9 Wisconsin-Madison 8 9 California 4 12 Pennsylvania 3 12 Southern California 3 12 Boston College 2 15 NYU 3 15

SEC Universities

How UGA compares with our Southeastern Conference colleagues Except for Vanderbilt University, which was ranked the No. 1 college of education in the nation, UGA graduate education programs were ranked much better than our Southeastern Conference colleagues.

9 46

# of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia

5 46

Vanderbilt Florida Auburn Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Mississippi State South Carolina Louisiana State Arkansas

7 1 2 52 0 71 0 83 (tied) 0 83 (tied) 0 86 0 104 0 112 0 116 0 NR

How the UGA College of Education compares to the nation’s best 5th in # of Top 10 programs

1st in # of Top 20 programs

Among the highest-ranked universities, UGA had as many or more programs in the Top 10 nationally than all but four other institutions. Here’s how UGA compares with the Top 15 education colleges.

Even more impressive, UGA had more graduate education programs ranked in the Top 20 than all but two of the highest-ranked institutions—No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 4 Teachers College—and tied them with 9 in 10 possible categories.

University

# of Top 10 National Programs Rank

University

# of Top 20 National Programs Rank

Georgia

5 46

Georgia

Vanderbilt Harvard Texas Stanford Teachers College-Columbia UCLA Northwestern Oregon Michigan Washington Wisconsin California Pennsylvania Southern California Boston College NYU

7 1 3 2 2 2 6 4 5 4 3 6 0 7 1 8 6 9 5 9 7 9 2 12 2 12 2 12 0 15 0 15

Vanderbilt 9 1 Harvard 6 2 Texas 7 2 Stanford 7 4 Teachers College-Columbia 9 4 UCLA 7 6 Northwestern 2 7 Oregon 1 8 Michigan 7 9 Washington 6 9 Wisconsin-Madison 8 9 California 4 12 Pennsylvania 3 12 Southern California 3 12 Boston College 2 15 NYU 3 15

SEC Universities

How UGA compares with our Southeastern Conference colleagues Except for Vanderbilt University, which was ranked the No. 1 college of education in the nation, UGA graduate education programs were ranked much better than our Southeastern Conference colleagues.

9 46

# of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia

5 46

Vanderbilt Florida Auburn Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Mississippi State South Carolina Louisiana State Arkansas

7 1 2 52 0 71 0 83 (tied) 0 83 (tied) 0 86 0 104 0 112 0 116 0 NR

FACTS & FIGURES Enrollment:

4,893 (2,255 graduate students)

Faculty:

217 full-time, 69 part-time

Degrees & Programs:

16 undergraduate majors 34 graduate programs

Degrees (2010):

577 graduate 678 undergraduate

Living alumni:

Over 50,000

External funds (FY11):

Over $14.5 million

POINTS OF PRIDE In overall rankings, UGA is: 9th on Kiplinger magazine’s 2011 list of best values

among 100 public colleges and universities in America.

18th in U.S. News & World Report’s list of the 50 top

public universities in America.

Elementary ed program ‘exemplary’ A National Council on Teacher Quality study cites UGA’s elementary education program alone as “exemplary” in preparing educators how to teach mathematics. Only nine out of 77 institutions across the country were rated “adequate.”

Faculty in 7 doctoral programs among nation’s most productive Seven doctoral programs in UGA’s College of Education are listed among the Top 10 in the nation in the third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.

Kinesiology doctoral programs rank 14th The College’s doctoral programs in kinesiology are ranked 14th in the nation in an evaluation last released by the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 2006.

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