UGA's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of University of Georgia students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of University of Georgia students is 87.8%. Female students graduated at a rate of 89.1%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 86.0%.

87.8%

asian 84.9% 484 students
African American 83.3% 329 students
white 89.5% 3,238 students
unknown 86.5% 45 students
hawaiian 83.3% 5 students
hispanic 85.5% 254 students
International Students 83.2% 74 students
Mixed Race 81.8% 175 students

Drop Out

University of Georgia has an overall drop-out rate of 3.6% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 5.6% and 2.3% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

3.6%

asian 4.2% 24 students
African American 8.3% 33 students
white 2.7% 97 students
unknown 3.8% 2 students
hispanic 6.1% 18 students
International Students 7.9% 7 students
Mixed Race 3.3% 7 students

Transferred Out

Students transfer out of University of Georgia at a rate of 7.5% yearly. As of 2015,female students' transfer rate was 7.9%, and male students' 6.9%

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

7.5%

asian 9.1% 52 students
African American 6.6% 26 students
white 7.1% 257 students
unknown 9.6% 5 students
hispanic 6.7% 20 students
International Students 6.7% 6 students
Mixed Race 12.6% 27 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

1.1%

asian 1.8% 10 students
African American 1.8% 7 students
white 0.8% 27 students
hispanic 1.7% 5 students
International Students 2.2% 2 students
Mixed Race 2.3% 5 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Management Information Systems and Services	$67,138	$68,778	$79,772
Computer Science	$70,908	$70,456	$79,190
International Business	$57,817	$57,920	$76,120
Agricultural Engineering	NA	$64,791	$74,929
Finance and Financial Management Services	$56,462	$57,907	$70,094
Accounting and Related Services	$57,828	$52,941	$66,910
Insurance	$53,270	$56,528	$65,158
Business/Managerial Economics	$51,322	$53,894	$63,773
Real Estate	$52,848	$52,941	$62,620
Marketing	$47,961	$49,772	$57,472
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	NA	$38,289	$54,562
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$47,244	$47,113	$53,894
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	$41,613	$43,798	$53,102
Agricultural Business and Management	$43,001	$44,170	$53,048
Housing and Human Environments	$35,788	$44,928	$52,711
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$40,201	$43,404	$52,629
Landscape Architecture	$45,932	$46,966	$52,418
Economics	$47,719	$46,869	$52,365
Mathematics	$39,208	$45,808	$51,913
Forestry	$42,980	$43,798	$50,948
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	$38,422	$42,123	$49,508
Public Health	$31,569	$32,284	$46,419
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services	NA	$35,594	$45,819
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$38,066	$35,416	$45,543
Journalism	$32,164	$35,877	$44,918
International Relations and National Security Studies	$34,590	$34,704	$44,815
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	NA	$29,141	$44,308
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$23,773	$36,668	$43,887
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	NA	$33,281	$43,845
Communication and Media Studies	$38,528	$36,992	$42,647
Special Education and Teaching	$39,042	$40,394	$42,311
Political Science and Government	$33,737	$34,908	$42,061
Cognitive Science	NA	$23,693	$41,771
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$36,755	$38,424	$41,758
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$38,093	$39,891	$41,610
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$27,788	$32,524	$40,970
Psychology, General	$26,130	$27,192	$40,665
Sociology	$30,198	$30,119	$40,166
Fine and Studio Arts	$31,407	$27,015	$37,713
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$29,842	$25,525	$37,702
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$31,338	$27,048	$36,834
History	$28,733	$25,967	$36,336
Animal Sciences	$33,052	$29,882	$34,036
English Language and Literature, General	$25,347	$25,739	$32,824
Biology, General	$21,614	$23,649	$32,054
Chemistry	$32,284	$27,488	$31,780
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	$23,994	$21,280	$30,652
Music	NA	$23,579	$30,416
Anthropology	$28,649	$20,824	$29,549
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$23,105	$23,340	$28,271
Social Work	NA	$32,284	$27,926
Natural Resources Management and Policy	NA	$19,592	$23,760
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$13,326	$17,551	$15,480
Food Science and Technology	NA	$42,682	NA
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	NA	$41,565	NA
Civil Engineering	$62,942	NA	NA
Computer Engineering	$62,551	$67,164	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$67,861	NA	NA
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	$60,173	$52,941	NA
Mechanical Engineering	$64,849	NA	NA
Biochemical Engineering	NA	$59,417	NA
Biological/Biosystems Engineering	$50,995	NA	NA
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$32,569	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$21,735	$21,508	NA
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$11,926	$26,353	NA
Genetics	NA	$29,593	NA
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$23,064	$20,824	NA
Statistics	$49,825	$44,170	NA
Biological and Physical Sciences	$12,715	$21,166	NA
Nutrition Sciences	$24,816	$20,140	NA
Religion/Religious Studies	NA	$15,552	NA
Geography and Cartography	NA	$35,420	NA
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	NA	$24,035	NA
Business/Commerce, General	$61,103	NA	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$101,544	$111,283	$122,491
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	NA	$122,038	$117,307
Marketing	$71,513	$81,333	$91,218
Accounting and Related Services	$59,382	$63,068	$73,782
Educational Administration and Supervision	$51,182	$56,415	$64,060
Forestry	$46,999	$57,318	$62,940
Educational/Instructional Media Design	$56,249	$55,286	$56,542
Journalism	$39,738	$45,021	$56,517
Public Administration	$47,593	$48,265	$55,072
Public Health	$44,161	$43,957	$54,303
Special Education and Teaching	$46,876	$46,589	$49,952
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$48,695	$47,371	$48,929
Social Work	$41,594	$42,138	$47,187
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$45,568	$44,077	$46,862
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$31,570	$36,848	$46,424
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$44,159	$43,351	$46,191
Fine and Studio Arts	$29,510	$32,925	$38,100
Agricultural Public Services	NA	$44,189	NA
Plant Sciences	$50,196	NA	NA
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	NA	$40,461	NA
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NA	$55,512	NA
Landscape Architecture	NA	$55,964	NA
Computer Software and Media Applications	$64,988	$78,971	NA
Housing and Human Environments	$79,004	NA	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$66,216	$53,537	NA
International Relations and National Security Studies	NA	$54,661	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$39,009	NA
Music	NA	$24,863	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$56,587	$52,107	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	$87,059	$71,015	$85,532
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$79,002	$77,144	$77,709
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$64,903	$63,005	$75,737
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$67,859	$69,338	$67,288
Chemistry	$66,646	NA	NA
Psychology, General	$69,382	NA	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$63,789	$68,219	NA
Music	$31,102	$30,771	NA
Public Health	NA	$76,460	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	$107,603	$120,325	$122,859
Veterinary Medicine	$71,726	NA	$92,754
Law	$64,622	$64,068	$78,529
Veterinary Medicine	NA	$76,190	NA

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