2012 NationalRankings

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 Counseling/Personnel Service 5th Secondary Education 5th Higher Education Administration 6th Elementary Education

UGA Top 20 Specialty Rankings 11th Curriculum/Instruction 14th Educational Psychology 16th Special Education 19th Administration/Supervision

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

University # of Top 20 National Programs Rank

Georgia 9 46Vanderbilt 9 1Harvard 6 2Texas 7 2Stanford 7 4Teachers College-Columbia 9 4UCLA 7 6Northwestern 2 7Oregon 1 8Michigan 7 9Washington 6 9Wisconsin-Madison 8 9California 4 12Pennsylvania 3 12Southern California 3 12Boston College 2 15NYU 3 15

SEC Universities # of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia 5 46Vanderbilt 7 1Florida 2 52Auburn 0 71Kentucky 0 83 (tied)Alabama 0 83 (tied)Mississippi 0 86Mississippi State 0 104South Carolina 0 112Louisiana State 0 116Arkansas 0 NR

1st in # of Top 20 programsEven 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.

5th in # of Top 10 programsAmong 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.

University # of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia 5 46Vanderbilt 7 1Harvard 3 2Texas 2 2Stanford 6 4Teachers College-Columbia 5 4UCLA 3 6Northwestern 0 7Oregon 1 8Michigan 6 9Washington 5 9Wisconsin 7 9California 2 12Pennsylvania 2 12Southern California 2 12Boston College 0 15NYU 0 15

How UGA compares with our Southeastern Conference colleaguesExcept 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.

How the UGA College of Educationcompares to the nation’s best

University # of Top 20 National Programs Rank

Georgia 9 46Vanderbilt 9 1Harvard 6 2Texas 7 2Stanford 7 4Teachers College-Columbia 9 4UCLA 7 6Northwestern 2 7Oregon 1 8Michigan 7 9Washington 6 9Wisconsin-Madison 8 9California 4 12Pennsylvania 3 12Southern California 3 12Boston College 2 15NYU 3 15

SEC Universities # of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia 5 46Vanderbilt 7 1Florida 2 52Auburn 0 71Kentucky 0 83 (tied)Alabama 0 83 (tied)Mississippi 0 86Mississippi State 0 104South Carolina 0 112Louisiana State 0 116Arkansas 0 NR

1st in # of Top 20 programsEven 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.

5th in # of Top 10 programsAmong 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.

University # of Top 10 National Programs Rank

Georgia 5 46Vanderbilt 7 1Harvard 3 2Texas 2 2Stanford 6 4Teachers College-Columbia 5 4UCLA 3 6Northwestern 0 7Oregon 1 8Michigan 6 9Washington 5 9Wisconsin 7 9California 2 12Pennsylvania 2 12Southern California 2 12Boston College 0 15NYU 0 15

How UGA compares with our Southeastern Conference colleaguesExcept 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.

How the UGA College of Educationcompares to the nation’s best

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 PRIDEIn 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 productiveSeven 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 14thThe 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.

www.uga.edu/coenews

T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f G e o r g i a