Best Colleges in Georgia

From WalletHub

To help college-bound seniors make the most informed school choices, WalletHub compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

Top 10 Colleges & Universities in Georgia
1    Georgia Institute of Technology         6    Berry College
2    Emory University         7    Spelman College
3    University of Georgia         8    Georgia College & State University
4    Mercer University         9    Oglethorpe University
5    Piedmont College         10    Covenant College

With that in mind, here’s a closer look at some of the top schools and how each performed in certain metrics:
 
School Snapshot: Georgia Institute of Technology (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
2nd – Admission Rate
27th – Net Cost
32nd – Student-Faculty Ratio
14th – On-Campus Crime
4th – Gender & Racial Diversity
2nd – Graduation Rate
1st – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: Emory University (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
1st – Admission Rate
33rd – Net Cost
1st – Student-Faculty Ratio
10th – On-Campus Crime
2nd – Gender & Racial Diversity
1st – Graduation Rate
2nd – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: University of Georgia (1 = Best; 17 = Average; 33 = Worst)
10th – Admission Rate
12th – Net Cost
20th – Student-Faculty Ratio
20th – On-Campus Crime
16th – Gender & Racial Diversity
2nd – Graduation Rate
4th – Post-Attendance Median Salary
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Best Colleges & Universities Overall: http://wallethub.com/edu/college-rankings/40750/

Oklahoma Remains Top College Football Team in Poll

Oklahoma remained the top team in the latest Associated Press college football poll after its victory at Florida State.

The Sooners received 37 first-place votes this week, five more than a week ago, and a total of 1,471 points from the nationwide poll of media.

LSU is No. 2 this week after its 19-6 win at Mississippi State, while Alabama dropped a spot to third following a 41-0 rout of overmatched North Texas. The Tigers received 14 first-place votes and the Crimson Tide picked up seven.

Boise State, which rolled to a 40-15 win at Toledo on Friday, earned the other two first-place votes and remained fourth.

Stanford is up to fifth followed by Wisconsin, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oregon.

The Ohio State Buckeyes were ranked 17th before a 24-6 loss to Miami-Florida on Saturday, they are now unranked. That setback came after a narrow 27-22 win at home against Toledo the previous week. The last time Ohio State was unranked was November 20, 2004.

In addition to Ohio State' Auburn, Arizona State, Michigan State and Mississippi State also departed this week's poll. Michigan State was No. 15 before dropping a 31-13 decision at Notre Dame, while Mississippi State was ranked 25th before its loss to LSU.