As of 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked Emory the 17th best university in the country. Ranked even higher are Emory's graduate programs in African history, biomedical engineering and social psychology. The physician assistant program in the School of Medicine, the midwifery program in the School of Nursing and both the evening MBA and BBA programs in the business school are also highly ranked. Originally founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia, the private university moved to its current Atlanta campus after 1915, when the first building was constructed. As of 2009, Emory had just under 13,000 students, with just under 7,000 enrolled as undergraduates pursuing degrees in business, creative and performing arts, humanities, math and sciences, nursing, preprofessional programs, social science or historical, cultural and international perspectives. Over 50 percent of Emory's undergraduates finish their degrees with a double major. All undergraduates take a thematically organized first-year seminar with 18 or fewer students. Students can apply to the Emory Scholars program, which awards scholarships from $10,000 a year to the total cost of tuition, fees, and room and board.
Emory University
201 Dowman Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6123
emory.edu
Located near midtown Atlanta, the Georgia Institute of Technology boasts the following 10 engineering programs ranked in 2010's Top 10 lists by U.S. News & World Report: aerospace, biomedical, chemical and biomolecular, civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, materials science, mechanical and nuclear. Overall, Georgia Tech ranks as the No. 7 public school in the country. Georgia Tech's first students started classes in 1888, 60 years before the once Georgia School of Technology took on its current name. More than 20,000 students pursue 195 different bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in the colleges of architecture, computing, engineering, management and sciences. Georgia Tech students can take part in the Institute Partnerships program and work as math, science and technology tutors for local K-12 schools.
Georgia Institute of Technology
219 Uncle Heinie Way
Atlanta, GA 30332
404-894-4154
gatech.edu
Founded in 1913 and located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia State University offers 55 bachelor's degrees with 37 different minors, master's, specialist and doctoral degrees in its colleges of arts and sciences, business, education, health and human sciences, law and policy studies. As of 2009, GSU had approximately 30,000 enrolled students on campus each semester. Up to 10,000 more work toward their degrees off campus. Between the six colleges, GSU supports 52 research centers, including work that pursues one of the following three areas of focus: brains and behavior, molecular basis of disease and partnership for urban health. All freshmen take part in the First-Year Book program. Undergraduates can apply to the honors program, which provides dedicated seminars, study space and computer use to create a small college experience within a large urban university.
Georgia State University
33 Gilmer St., SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-413-2000
gsu.edu