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August 19, 2013

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	Georgia	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Georgia	Nation
Total (State rank: 9)	9,815,210	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Georgia	Nation
Up to 4	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 14	14.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.4%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	27.8%	26.4%
45 to 64	25.6%	26.5%
65 and older	10.9%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Georgia	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.3%	4.8%
Black	30.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	60.7%	74.1%
More than one race	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	9.0%	16.7%
Other	2.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Georgia	Nation
8th grade or less	5.8%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	9.8%	8.1%
High-school diploma	29.3%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	20.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	6.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.7%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.9%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.8%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Georgia	Nation
	13.3%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Georgia	Nation
(State rank: 41)	$36,869	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Georgia	Nation
	19.1%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Georgia	Nation
Total for 2013-14	95,402	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	15.5%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Georgia	Nation
	15,980	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Georgia	Nation
	6.8%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$116,503	$118,822
Associate professor	$80,365	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,692	$70,325
All	$84,086	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$76,107	$89,076
Associate professor	$62,524	$71,297
Assistant professor	$53,226	$60,506
All	$57,988	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$147,055	$152,042
Associate professor	$91,921	$95,762
Assistant professor	$82,186	$82,983
All	$102,174	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$80,140	$91,161
Associate professor	$64,931	$71,963
Assistant professor	$54,547	$58,901
All	$64,459	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Georgia	Nation
Public	$54,750	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$62,105	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Georgia	Nation
Public	$44,630	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$36,400	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Georgia	Nation
Undergraduate	495,187	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	70,272	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	265,698	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	163,010	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	72,252	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	527	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	54,780	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	9,192	396,832
Total	565,459	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public	76%	72%
4-year	69%	64%
2-year	31%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Georgia	Nation
Associate	17,949	942,217
Bachelor’s	45,075	1,712,538
Master’s	17,533	730,635
Doctorate	4,005	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 88% of all freshmen enrolled in Georgia in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 85% of all Georgia residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Georgia	Nation
All	52.1%	59.0%
Men	48.8%	56.4%
Women	54.8%	61.2%
American Indian	39.5%	40.6%
Asian	68.3%	69.7%
Black	42.7%	40.2%
Hispanic	48.2%	51.4%
White	55.6%	62.3%
2 or more races	38.0%	64.0%
Race unknown	47.9%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Georgia	Nation
American Indian	1,893	174,629
Asian	21,272	1,133,719
Black	186,747	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	850	61,179
Hispanic	25,790	2,695,637
White	276,015	11,519,372
2 or more races	10,176	405,812
Race unknown	27,395	1,409,094
Foreign	15,321	738,624
Total	565,459	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Georgia	Nation
Women	60.3%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.8%	5.4%
Black	33.0%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.6%	12.8%
White	48.8%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Race unknown	4.8%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	43.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	37.9%	27.2%
Full-time	67.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.7 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 52% of Georgia’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 977 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 81% of Georgia’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,472	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,482	$2,419
Private 4-year	$24,738	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Georgia	Nation
State funds	$2,757,055,556	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	1.8%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Georgia	Nation
Need-based grants	$0	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$561,020,302	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$1,934,796	$1,737,198,826
Total	$562,955,098	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Georgia	Nation
Total	$1,717,010,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.5%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Georgia	Nation
Federal government	63.8%	62.6%
State and local governments	3.2%	5.9%
Industry	4.9%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.2%	5.9%
Institution itself	22.3%	19.1%
Other	0.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Georgia	Nation
Engineering	28.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	1.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	46.3%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.6%	3.6%
Physical sciences	5.0%	7.3%
Psychology	1.9%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	4.3%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.5%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Georgia
Emory University	$5,461,158,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology, main campus	$118,428,942
University of Georgia	$81,567,657
Georgia State University	$15,906,777

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public 4-year	27	679
Public 2-year	40	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	33	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	2	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	22	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	16	669
Total	140	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Georgia
University of Georgia	31,465
Georgia State University	22,768
South University–Savannah Online	22,544

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Clark Atlanta University, Savannah College of Art and Design

Institutions on NCAA probation

Georgia Institute of Technology, University of West Georgia

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Almanac 2013 »

Georgia

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	Georgia	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Georgia	Nation
Total (State rank: 9)	9,815,210	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Georgia	Nation
Up to 4	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 14	14.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.4%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	27.8%	26.4%
45 to 64	25.6%	26.5%
65 and older	10.9%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Georgia	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.3%	4.8%
Black	30.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	60.7%	74.1%
More than one race	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	9.0%	16.7%
Other	2.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Georgia	Nation
8th grade or less	5.8%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	9.8%	8.1%
High-school diploma	29.3%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	20.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	6.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.7%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.9%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.8%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Georgia	Nation
	13.3%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Georgia	Nation
(State rank: 41)	$36,869	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Georgia	Nation
	19.1%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Georgia	Nation
Total for 2013-14	95,402	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	15.5%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Georgia	Nation
	15,980	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Georgia	Nation
	6.8%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$116,503	$118,822
Associate professor	$80,365	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,692	$70,325
All	$84,086	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$76,107	$89,076
Associate professor	$62,524	$71,297
Assistant professor	$53,226	$60,506
All	$57,988	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$147,055	$152,042
Associate professor	$91,921	$95,762
Assistant professor	$82,186	$82,983
All	$102,174	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Georgia	Nation
Professor	$80,140	$91,161
Associate professor	$64,931	$71,963
Assistant professor	$54,547	$58,901
All	$64,459	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Georgia	Nation
Public	$54,750	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$62,105	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Georgia	Nation
Public	$44,630	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$36,400	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Georgia	Nation
Undergraduate	495,187	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	70,272	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	265,698	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	163,010	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	72,252	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	527	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	54,780	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	9,192	396,832
Total	565,459	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public	76%	72%
4-year	69%	64%
2-year	31%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Georgia	Nation
Associate	17,949	942,217
Bachelor’s	45,075	1,712,538
Master’s	17,533	730,635
Doctorate	4,005	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Georgia	Nation
All	52.1%	59.0%
Men	48.8%	56.4%
Women	54.8%	61.2%
American Indian	39.5%	40.6%
Asian	68.3%	69.7%
Black	42.7%	40.2%
Hispanic	48.2%	51.4%
White	55.6%	62.3%
2 or more races	38.0%	64.0%
Race unknown	47.9%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Georgia	Nation
American Indian	1,893	174,629
Asian	21,272	1,133,719
Black	186,747	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	850	61,179
Hispanic	25,790	2,695,637
White	276,015	11,519,372
2 or more races	10,176	405,812
Race unknown	27,395	1,409,094
Foreign	15,321	738,624
Total	565,459	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Georgia	Nation
Women	60.3%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.8%	5.4%
Black	33.0%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.6%	12.8%
White	48.8%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Race unknown	4.8%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	43.6%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	37.9%	27.2%
Full-time	67.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,472	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,482	$2,419
Private 4-year	$24,738	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Georgia	Nation
State funds	$2,757,055,556	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	1.8%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Georgia	Nation
Need-based grants	$0	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$561,020,302	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$1,934,796	$1,737,198,826
Total	$562,955,098	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Georgia	Nation
Total	$1,717,010,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.5%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Georgia	Nation
Federal government	63.8%	62.6%
State and local governments	3.2%	5.9%
Industry	4.9%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.2%	5.9%
Institution itself	22.3%	19.1%
Other	0.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Georgia	Nation
Engineering	28.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	1.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	46.3%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.6%	3.6%
Physical sciences	5.0%	7.3%
Psychology	1.9%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	4.3%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.5%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Georgia
Emory University	$5,461,158,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology, main campus	$118,428,942
University of Georgia	$81,567,657
Georgia State University	$15,906,777

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Georgia	Nation
Public 4-year	27	679
Public 2-year	40	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	33	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	2	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	22	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	16	669
Total	140	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Georgia
University of Georgia	31,465
Georgia State University	22,768
South University–Savannah Online	22,544

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Clark Atlanta University, Savannah College of Art and Design

Institutions on NCAA probation

Georgia Institute of Technology, University of West Georgia

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.