Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Location Atlanta, GA
Population 4,000,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57%)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (45%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,495
Men / Women 43% / 57%
From State 15%
From Region 10%
Athletes 8.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 30%
Asian 25%
International 16%
Hispanic 12%
Black 10%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Emory College of Arts and Sciences 1,577 39% / 61% 16% $80,748 73 91%
Computer Science 91 +29 68% / 32% 33% $167,566 100 94%
Data Science 27 +3 56% / 44% 52% $106,887 95
Mathematics and Computer Science 16 81% / 19% 6% $151,031 100
Applied Mathematics and Statistics 18 +3 83% / 17% 39% $82,492 76 94%
Astronomy 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $90,016 84
Chemistry 85 +28 60% / 40% 8% $65,584 38 86%
Mathematics 10 +5 40% / 60% 40% $99,485 91
Mathematics and Statistics 36 +1 58% / 42% 58% $92,366 86 100%
Physical Sciences 7 +1 43% / 57% 0% $89,778 84
Physics 20 +5 65% / 35% 35% $89,547 84
Biology 202 +24 42% / 58% 17% $67,801 45 90%
Biophysics 1 100% / 0% 0% $71,681 55
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology 203 31% / 69% 4% $67,405 43 87%
Environmental Sciences 39 +10 18% / 82% 3% $74,425 62 87%
Human Health 66 +14 12% / 88% 2% $82,496 76 86%
Economics 62 +81 60% / 40% 37% $105,747 94 93%
Economics and Mathematics 18 +7 83% / 17% 33% $112,177 97
African American Studies 6 +4 17% / 83% 0% $58,959 19
African Studies +1 $83,645 77 88%
American Studies +2 $83,645 77
Ancient Studies/Civilization 2 0% / 100% 0%
Anthropology 64 +13 22% / 78% 3% $70,043 51 89%
Arabic 1 +4 0% / 100% 0%
Chinese 1 +3 100% / 0% 0% $68,560 47
Chinese Studies 1 +4 0% / 100% 0% $83,645 77
Classical and Ancient Studies 1 +3 0% / 100% 0% $72,878 58
Classics 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $71,235 54
Cognitive Science 8 +2 38% / 62% 12% $86,614 81
Comparative Literature 3 +4 0% / 100% 0% $56,054 13 84%
East Asian Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $83,645 77 88%
English 24 +16 17% / 83% 0% $63,012 30 100%
English and Creative Writing 25 +15 28% / 72% 0% $53,968 10 94%
French Studies 2 +10 0% / 100% 0%
French Studies 1 +4 100% / 0% 0% $74,327 61 90%
History 26 +8 38% / 62% 8% $60,886 24 92%
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 +3 33% / 67% 0% $91,078 85 94%
Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture and Society 7 +3 29% / 71% 0% $89,201 83 91%
International Studies 19 +9 42% / 58% 0% $81,106 74 86%
Japanese Language 2 +2 50% / 50% 0% $69,090 48
Japanese Studies +2 $83,645 77
Jewish Studies $81,508 75 91%
Latin 1 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $83,645 77 88%
Linguistics 6 +16 33% / 67% 67% $56,054 13 84%
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies 1 +2 100% / 0% 100% $83,645 77 88%
Philosophy 48 +34 46% / 54% 15% $78,045 69
Political Science 62 +22 37% / 63% 6% $64,683 35 93%
Psychology 138 +31 20% / 80% 11% $68,341 46 94%
Public Policy 4 25% / 75% 0%
Quantitative Sciences 109 +39 42% / 58% 41% $92,366 86 100%
Religion 2 +5 0% / 100% 0% $81,508 75 91%
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies +1 $83,645 77 88%
Sociology 25 +26 20% / 80% 12% $66,050 39 94%
Spanish +10 $74,327 61 90%
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 8 +6 0% / 100% 12% $57,999 17 100%
Physical Education 21 +1 29% / 71% 5% $82,496 76 86%
Art History 8 +10 25% / 75% 12% $53,141 9
Dance and Movement Studies 3 +7 0% / 100% 0% $50,507 6
Film and Media 31 +17 32% / 68% 19% $53,078 9
Music 4 +16 75% / 25% 0% $48,856 5 95%
Playwriting +1 $47,851 4
Theater Studies 2 +4 0% / 100% 50% $47,664 4
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Goizueta Business School 537 58% / 42% 20% $112,343 97
Accounting $122,852 98
Business Administration 529 58% / 42% 19% $112,138 97
Business Analytics 8 50% / 50% 62% $125,915 99
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing 212 12% / 88% 2% $89,843 84 98%
Medical Imaging 13 46% / 54% 0% $85,551 80 97%
Nursing 199 10% / 90% 2% $90,124 84 98%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $72,687
ROI Percentile 83th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 81%
6-Year Graduation Rate 91%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 26.5% 617 59% / 41% 22% $111,676 96 93%
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.0% 604 30% / 70% 14% $72,886 58 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 17.5% 406 37% / 63% 10% $67,613 44 89%
Health Sciences 12.0% 278 12% / 88% 2% $88,099 82 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 7.7% 179 61% / 39% 26% $78,598 70 90%
Computer Science 5.8% 134 67% / 33% 34% $153,365 100 94%
Arts 2.1% 48 31% / 69% 17% $52,350 8 95%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.7% 39 18% / 82% 3% $74,425 62 87%
Education 0.9% 21 29% / 71% 5% $82,496 76 86%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $695M #17 50% $59.1M 24 #78 146 308
Life & Natural Sciences $421M #5 80% $13.3M 74 #31 500 176
Engineering $37.5M #115 69% $3.7M 37 #91 268 30
Physical Sciences & Math $34.4M #95 55% $0.8M 39 #80 263 52
Humanities & Social Sciences $18.2M #114 31% $0 84 #57 173 12
Agriculture & Food Science $4.8M #93 89% $0.1M 4 #81 30 3
Computer Science $4.1M #148 68% $0.5M 13 #78 93 5
Business & Economics $1.4M #187 24% $0.0M 11 #118 46
Education $0 #457 $0
Total $1,217M #28 61% $77.5M 286 #82 1,519 586

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 10%
Yield (Unbound) 14%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 9% 10% 5%
Early Decision 22% 26% 14%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 68%
SAT Range 1480 – 1540
SAT Math Range 740 – 790
SAT RW Range 720 – 760

Rankings

Academics

Future Ambulance Chasers Top Law School Feeders
Have You Been in an Accident?

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Moving to a Warmer Climate

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
I'm Jewish, You're Jewish, Everyone's Jewish

Computer Science

Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
Wait, We Have a CS Major?

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Lord of the Petri Dish Microbiology & Immunology
Sterile Technique Survivors
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed Molecular Biology & Genomics
Pipette Pros
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Pre-Meds in Disguise

Agriculture & Food Science

Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Field Station

Health Sciences

Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Dosage Masters
Saving Lives One Spreadsheet At a Time Public Health
Epidemiology Elite

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Supply Chain Bottlenecks
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
The Creatives

Humanities & Social Sciences

I Think, Therefore I Major Cognitive Science
The Applied Cyborgs
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Well-Versed
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Dabbler Deluxe
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Late Night Debaters
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective