New Rankings: Top 10 Colleges & Universities in Georgia

High schoolers around the state – and nation – are filling out college applications for Georgia colleges and universities, but which ones are among the best?

Financial analysis website WalletHub recently compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

After doing so, the website listed these colleges and universities as the Top 10 in Georgia:

1. Georgia Tech
2. Emory University
3. University of Georgia
4. Mercer University
5. Piedmont College
6. Berry College
7. Spelman College
8. Georgia Colle & State University
9. Oglethorpe University
10. Covenant College

School Snapshot: Georgia Institute of Technology (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
*    2nd – Admission Rate
*    27th – Net Cost
*    32nd – Student-Faculty Ratio
*    14th – On-Campus Crime
*    4th – Gender & Racial Diversity
*    2nd – Graduation Rate
*    1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: Emory University (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
*    1st – Admission Rate
*    33rd – Net Cost
*    1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
*    10th – On-Campus Crime
*    2nd – Gender & Racial Diversity
*    1st – Graduation Rate
*    2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: University of Georgia (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
*    10th – Admission Rate
*    12th – Net Cost
*    20th – Student-Faculty Ratio
*    20th – On-Campus Crime
*    16th – Gender & Racial Diversity
*    2nd – Graduation Rate
*    4th – Post-Attendance Median Salary

The top 10 in the nation were listed as follows: