Emory University is located five miles northeast of downtown Atlanta and has a 634-acre campus. This university offers undergraduate and graduate courses on finance and linguistics, nursing, sociology, business management and administration, economics and psychology. After finishing undergraduate courses students must complete a senior thesis in their specific field of study. Students can also choose the option of completing the three-year accelerated bachelor's degree in English, mathematics, physics and political science. Emory University has 12,700 students enrolled as of 2011. Sixty percent of the population have scholarships or other financial assistance from the university. The tuition fee for a term in this university is $21,450 plus an additional fee of $246 per term for a total of $21, 696 per term as of February 2011. Emory University also conducts 40 intramurals and 16 intercollegiate sports teams. There are also more than 200 student clubs and organizations including 25 Greek organizations. In 2010 Emory University was voted No. 20 on the list of best universities in America by US News & World Report.
Spelman College is a women's college located five minutes from downtown Atlanta. This private college has a campus of 39 acres with 2,100 students enrolled as of 2011. Spelman College offers a bachelor of arts degree in art, child development, women's studies, drama, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science and religious studies. It also offers a bachelor of science degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, computer and information sciences, environmental science studies, engineering degrees and physics. The tuition fee in 2011 is $22,010 for one semester.
Located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia Tech has a 400-acre campus. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, has been ranked as a top 10 public university every year between 2000 and 2011 by US News & World Report. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in architecture, computing, engineering, management, economics, physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, atmospheric science, philosophy, history and public policy among others. It has a total of 20,000 enrolled students for undergraduate and graduate programs as of 2011. There are 446 student organizations and clubs on campus including the Acoustical Society of America, African American Student Union, the Ballroom Dance Club, Bangladesh Student Organization and Beta Beta Beta. In 2011, the tuition fee for in state undergraduate students is $2,100 for six credit hours or less and $3,535 for more than six credit hours. For out-of-state undergraduate students, the semester tuition fee is $7,500 for six credit hours or less and $12,640 for more than six hours. For the in-state graduate rates, it is $360/credit hour for 11 credit hours or less and $4,318 for more than 11 credit hours. For out-of-state graduate students, the tuition fee is $1,092 per credit hour for 1 to 11 credit hours and $13,102 for 12 credit hours and above, as of 2011.
Troy University was voted one of the top 25 universities in America by Forbes magazine in 2010. The school has 60 teaching sites throughout the United States and around the world and it has one campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The school offers undergraduate programs in accounting, applied computer science, art education, an associate of science in general education, biology, chemistry, communication arts, computer science, criminal justice, foreign languages, general science education, health professions, engineering, journalism and management. It also offers graduate programs for these degrees. In 2011, the tuition fee for undergraduate programs is $200 per hour for in-class programs and $250 per hour for eCampus programs, which allows you to study on-line. For graduate students, the tuition fees are $315/hour in-class and $420 eCampus.