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Emory University

Basic Information

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 7,275
Men / Women 43% / 57%
White 34%
Asian 19%
International 16%
Black 13%
Hispanic 8%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Life & Natural Sciences 35%
Business & Economics 28%
Humanities & Social Sciences 25%
Engineering, Computing & Math 8%
Arts 3%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $67,080
Est. Cost of Attendance $83,622
10-Year ROI $266,000
ROI Percentile 95th

Retention & Graduation

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

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,640 (57th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 244 (45th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 11%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Early Decision Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Life & Natural Sciences $1,154M #15
Engineering, Computing & Math $44M #123
Humanities & Social Sciences $10M #130
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 405 #40
Life & Natural Sciences 362 #77
Engineering, Computing & Math 54 #97

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 63%
SAT Range 1,470 – 1,550
ACT Range 32 – 35

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Emory College of Arts and Sciences 1,374 39% / 61% 15% $82,108
Applied Mathematics and Statistics 13 +4 46% / 54% 46% $84,316
Astronomy 3 +1 67% / 33% 33%
Computer Science 73 +28 73% / 27% 27% $171,756
Data Science 11 +2 73% / 27% 45%
Mathematics 10 +3 70% / 30% 30%
Mathematics and Computer Science 9 56% / 44% 22%
Mathematics and Statistics 22 +3 73% / 27% 50%
Physical Sciences 10 30% / 70% 10%
Physics 17 +4 65% / 35% 12%
Biology 202 +14 37% / 63% 13% $84,123
Biophysics 4 75% / 25% 25%
Chemistry 91 +18 45% / 55% 18% $66,945
Environmental Sciences 32 +6 38% / 62% 12% $75,885
Human Health 54 +15 17% / 83% 6% $83,922
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology 170 +2 32% / 68% 6% $68,758
Physical Education 8 25% / 75% 12% $83,922
Economics 66 +68 56% / 44% 30% $107,869
Economics and Mathematics 7 57% / 43% 57%
African American Studies
African Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $85,595
American Studies
Anthropology 60 +9 27% / 73% 2% $71,448
Chinese 1 0% / 100% 0%
Chinese Studies
Classical and Ancient Studies
Classics 1 100% / 0% 0%
Cognitive Science 8 +1 12% / 88% 12%
Comparative Literature 3 +2 33% / 67% 33% $57,286
East Asian Studies 2 +5 0% / 100% 100% $85,595
English 18 +14 28% / 72% 6% $64,233
English and Creative Writing 26 +6 19% / 81% 15% $55,013
French Studies 5 +4 40% / 60% 0% $75,961
History 18 +8 56% / 44% 28% $62,079
Interdisciplinary Studies 9 +1 44% / 56% 11% $92,828
Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture and Society 3 +3 67% / 33% 0% $64,236
International Studies 18 +9 28% / 72% 0% $82,733
Japanese Language 1 +4 0% / 100% 0%
Japanese Studies
Jewish Studies 2 0% / 100% 0% $83,306
Latin American and Caribbean Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $85,595
Linguistics 9 +11 22% / 78% 11% $57,286
Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $85,595
Philosophy 35 +20 29% / 71% 11%
Political Science 58 +22 52% / 48% 5% $65,980
Psychology 107 +39 21% / 79% 12% $69,627
Quantitative Sciences 85 +50 52% / 48% 31%
Religion 2 +5 50% / 50% 0% $83,306
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 2 100% / 0% 0% $85,595
Sociology 26 +27 23% / 77% 12% $67,375
Spanish 3 +17 33% / 67% 0% $75,961
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 5 +9 20% / 80% 0%
Art History 8 +6 12% / 88% 38%
Dance and Movement Studies 2 +9 50% / 50% 0%
Film and Media 38 +13 26% / 74% 16%
Music 6 +18 50% / 50% 0%
Playwriting 2 50% / 50% 0%
Theater Studies 6 +6 0% / 100% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Goizueta Business School 500 58% / 42% 23% $163,520
Accounting 4 75% / 25% 0%
Business Administration 429 56% / 44% 23%
Business Analytics 12 50% / 50% 33%
General Business 55 67% / 33% 22% $163,520
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing 160 12% / 88% 2% $110,299
Medical Imaging 8 12% / 88% 0% $112,857
Nursing 152 12% / 88% 3% $110,165

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

Engineering, Computing & Math

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
Wait, We Have a CS Major?
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
White-Collar Drug Lords

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Field Station
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
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

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
Maze Runners
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective